Hello Jenni,
     On Monday, June 16, 2003, 7:31:25 PM, you wrote:

pyc> I found a program called PowerZip and downloaded thier

pyc> I am hoping that some of the Mac users on our list
pyc> would be so kind as to download this file and see if it
pyc> http://www.pc-limited.com/whatever.tgz

Not on a Mac but WinRar recognized it and uncompressed it
fine so it should also work on a Mac

pyc> Also, I don't have a lot of experience in this area but
pyc> I thought .tar files were for Unix systems? Also when I

.tar files are predominately used in the *nix world but can
be used on pretty much any OS.

pyc> chose save it as a .tar file that it actually saved it as a
pyc> .tgz file. Can any one lend any insight about these file
pyc> types in case my client has any questions about it?

.tgz is a zipped tar file. I believe the acronym came out
of the *nix world from TarGnuZip, though not 100% sure.

-- 
Patrick G.


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