On Sat, Oct 23, 1999 at 11:14:35PM -0400, Hugh wrote:
> Today I tried installing Fortify into netscape. But I ran into a problem
> When I try to UN zip the file I get an alarm that says it doesn't know  -xf-
> I'm using this command
> gzip -dc Fortify-1.4.5-unix-x86.tar.gz | tar -xf-
> what am I doing wrong? I'm really bad with tar files as you can see

Put a space between the -xf and the - so it looks like this:

        gzip -dc Fortify-1.4.5-unix-x86.tar.gz | tar -xf -

the '-' at the end means "use the stuff fed to you as the file to be
untarred".
-- 
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
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