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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > > Yes, send compresses, receive decompresses.
> > > It makes the transfer faster.
> >
> > I have been using send and receive to send .tgz
> > files and they seem to arrive as .tgz files
> > (uncompressed).  ?
>
> tgz files are compressed.  That's what the z means.

Yes, so why did 'receive' not uncompress the .tgz file that I sent?

> > Where does the original .tgz file go,
>
> The original doesn't go anywhere.  It remains on
> the local filesystem.
>
> > is it deleted by your receive script?
>
> No.  There is no tgz on the remote filesystem.
> The data is piped (via netcat) to tar (on the
> remote filesystem), which unpacks the package.

This sounds like just what I was after.  I will try it soon after fixing 
the C: drive on my desktop computer.

> > Then I could use links to send .tgz files without
> > having to type the name of them?
>
> Yes.
>
> > But if I made the new association then I could
> > not use links to view the contents of the file?
>
> I think that's right.  However, sometimes in links
> I select a file and it gives me a choice of options.
> Perhaps it is possible to define two different
> associations and then links will offer a choice?
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
>
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