All the files are in .gz format. On receiving them, you need to

gunzip file.ps.gz

which will uncompress them into postscript files. Some of the file is in the form file.tar.gz, on uncompressing you need to

tar xvf file.tar

to extract the postscript files.

-rwxrwxrwx 1 yfh 47634 Nov 24 15:25 dirk1.ps.gz*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 yfh 46457 Nov 24 15:25 dirk2.ps.gz*
-rw------- 1 yfh 36353 Nov 30 10:31 ford-pic1.ps.gz
-rw------- 1 yfh 4626 Nov 30 10:32 ford-pic2.ps.gz
-rw------- 1 yfh 1019371 Nov 30 10:32 ford-pic3.ps.gz
-rw------- 1 yfh 399445 Nov 30 10:33 ford-pic4.ps.gz
-rw------- 1 yfh 1193106 Nov 30 10:33 ford-pic5.ps.gz
-rw------- 1 yfh 378915 Nov 30 10:31 ford1.ps.gz
-rwxrwxrwx 1 yfh 730905 Nov 16 16:36 frazerp.ps.gz*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 yfh 26446 Nov 17 08:49 hendrickson.ps.gz*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 yfh 94993 Nov 28 14:02 hu1.ps.gz*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 yfh 17078 Nov 28 14:02 hu2.ps.gz*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 yfh 651 Nov 30 09:13 junk*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 yfh 14640 Nov 28 12:56 mcmillan.ps.gz*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 yfh 307 Nov 30 10:02 readme.html*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 yfh 119091 Nov 24 18:08 walshaw1.ps.gz*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 yfh 4149 Nov 24 18:08 walshaw2.ps.gz*
-rwxrwxrwx 1 yfh 780094 Nov 28 13:02 wollenweber.tar.gz*

Linux ubuntu put on over redhat - what does this mean? Ubuntu auto installed but I dont have any connectivity, nor understanding.

qwondre, August 2006

You probably have not received and answer yet because this is really an Operating System question. Try posting there.

Terry, August 2006