Guest Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 I just downloaded the contribution entitled "USPS Shipping Methods 2.4". I unzipped it and came up with a file called "USPSMethods_2.4.tar(1)" It has a very pretty windows icon on it, but other than making my desktop look nice, I don't know what to do with it. There is no documentation with this contribution, so I do not know what to do with the file! It is simply sitting on my desktop. Do any of you know what I'm supposed to do with this file? Double-clicking it opens the "open with" window, so that can't be it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 sounds like you dl'd it a couple of times - you should be able to unstuff (mac) or unzip (windows) it with whatever app you use based on your OS - once unstuffed/unzipped you will see the read me file and files to install Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 I downloaded it and unzipped it. But there is only one unzipped file (USPSMethods_2.4.tar[1]), and I don't know what to do with it! There is no read me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 well then i would either download it again (perhaps it was corrupted in the dl), or you need to untar the file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 That did it. It turns out it is GZIP and TAR. Therefore, you need to unzip it twice (with two separate programs for me :roll: ) before you can use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 another happy user :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabotage79 Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 Get Winzip, it unzips it automagicly. www.winzip.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotflag Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 Sounds like you used winzip. I have this problem all the time. goto desktop and rename file from something.tar[1] to something.tar Then re open the file and it will give you all the little files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freedomt Posted July 25, 2003 Share Posted July 25, 2003 PowerZip does both zip and tar files Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 winrar also does them both. i like it the best. ~Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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