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    Document.tgz to read on Windoze

    I was interested in reading a .pdf file that has been packed-up on SourceForge as a document.tgz (tar-gun-zip?). Is there any easy way of unzipping this on a Windoze machine with access to a Unix host?

    Any ideas? 8o

    #2
    It's a tar gzip

    Why not transfer to the unix box, gunzip and transfer the result back?

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      #3
      Why not transfer to the unix box, gunzip and transfer the result back?
      Because the 'unix box' belongs to SourceForge and I don't have any write access to it. I don't have a Unix (probably Linux) machine set up yet. I was hoping to read through all technical documentation before setting a Unix machine up. (The technical notes may well influence my choice of Linux).

      All I know is that I need "x86/Linux", but futher hints and installation tips are contained in the document that is currently zipped. I'm no Linux wizz, but I'm guessing that I should be ok with Red Hat?

      I really need to unzip this documentation. I could ftp it to a webserver I use, (which is Linux based), but I don't have telnet access which I assume I would need to run guzip on it?

      Any ideas?

      (Summary):

      1) I need to unzip and read documentation.
      2) I need to choose Linux version
      3) I need to purchase machine and install correct Linux
      4) I need to install code from SourceForge and carry out research/investigations.

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        #4
        rename the file to document.tar.gz and then load it into winzip.

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          #5
          Ah ha, you don't have the unix box, so sorry, missunderstood.

          Get a copy of Cygwin that'll have to tools you require in it.

          www.cygwin.com/

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            #6
            Cygwin

            Cygwin - yup - a lot of messing about - (there must be a simpler way).

            Anyway, I've got the pdf files open now and they are readable.

            Mission accomplished - cheers. 8o

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