In article <91063.211126NU142696 at NDSUVM1.BITNET> <NU142696 at NDSUVM1.BITNET> writes: If you know how to make or unpack the *.tar.Z files, please send me some information. Thank you very much. with gnu tar you can say tar -ztvf file.tar.Z and the -z option will uncompress for you. handy that. -- Msen Edward Vielmetti /|--- moderator, comp.archives emv at msen.com