Herb Peyerl [Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 10:40:52AM -0600]:
> "yo _" <exhausted01@hotmail.com>  wrote:
>  > 	I recently gzipped and tarred a lot files off of my NetBSD machine to back 
>  > them up. I uploaded the files via ftp to another machine in my home. I 
>  > reformatted and installed a more "user-friendly" O/S for my brother, but 
> 
> My guess, based on looking very quickly at your test file, is that you
> ftp'd the files in ASCII mode instead of binary mode.

... and I presume, that Herb's right about your issue, dear "yo _", because
programs like WinZip don't have any problem opening .tar.gzips.

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