Subject: Joe is here. Now what?

From: [email-masked] (Dan Ford)
Date: 13 Jul 1994 14:05:13 GMT

I downloaded the editor called Joe as a tar.Z file. After bashing away at 
the keyboard for a while, I managed to unzip it. So now I have Joe as a 
tar file. Now what? I have tried install, run, joe, and lots of dumber 
things, but the file just sits there and takes up space.

The system here is OSF/1
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From: Kenny Wickstrom <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 1994 15:33:02 -0500 (CDT)

> things, but the file just sits there and takes up space.
Dan,

I am assuming the original file was named joe.tar.Z or something close.  
The steps you need to follow are:
	uncompress joe.tar.Z
		This will uncompress the file and leave it as joe.tar
	tar xf joe.tar
		This will un-tar the file to produce whatever was tar'd.

Generally, at this point, you will need to compile and link the files to 
generate the executables.  I don't know anything about 'joe' so excuse 
the vagueness.  Included in the un-tar'd files will probably be some type 
of documentation(e.g. Makefile, Configure, README) on how to create the 
executables.

Hope this helps,
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From: [email-masked] (Dan Ford)
Date: 13 Jul 94 20:33:59 GMT

Thanks to everyone who answered my question. I was indeed able to "tar" 
my joe.tar archive, or untar it I guess, but I ran out of space on my 
disk before it finished.

Thus endeth my adventure in creative editing. I am resigned to using Pico.
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            - Dan      <[email-masked]>

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From: [email-masked] (The Fantom Ferret)
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 1994 00:47:44 GMT

Kenny Wickstrom wrote:
|On 13 Jul 1994, Dan Ford wrote:

|> 
|> I downloaded the editor called Joe as a tar.Z file. After bashing away at 
|> the keyboard for a while, I managed to unzip it. So now I have Joe as a 
|> tar file. Now what? I have tried install, run, joe, and lots of dumber 
|> things, but the file just sits there and takes up space.
|> 
|> The system here is OSF/1
|> -- 
|>             - Dan      <[email-masked]>
|Dan,

|I am assuming the original file was named joe.tar.Z or something close.  
|The steps you need to follow are:
|	uncompress joe.tar.Z
|		This will uncompress the file and leave it as joe.tar
|	tar xf joe.tar
|		This will un-tar the file to produce whatever was tar'd.

|Generally, at this point, you will need to compile and link the files to 
|generate the executables.  I don't know anything about 'joe' so excuse 
|the vagueness.  Included in the un-tar'd files will probably be some type 
|of documentation(e.g. Makefile, Configure, README) on how to create the 
|executables.

 Unless you got JOE 1.09, it won't build on OSF/1.

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From: [email-masked] (Bruce David Chrustie)
Date: 14 Jul 1994 21:09:58 GMT

>things, but the file just sits there and takes up space.

you have to untar it, (paint thinner, solvent, etc.)

or you could use 'tar -xvf joe.tar'

that would be easiest, I guess

and you should find your joe executable somewhere

if it doesn't work, let me know

bruce

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From: [email-masked]
Date: 15 Jul 1994 18:30:07 GMT

Rather than giving up, Dan....Why not transfer
the joe file to another disk, if you have access.
For instance, there may be more room in the var
or opt directory?

Ellen Falls

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