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Re: Compile Openssh 2.9



At 10:31 AM -0400 6/25/02, Monah Baki wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to follow the steps outlined in 
>http://www.openssh.com/openbsd.html. I'm having some problem 
>understanding what the 3 periods (...) after the xvzf mean "tar xvzf 
>.../openssh-3.3.tgz".

Since it worked for me, I assume this is correct: it's not 3 periods, 
it's an ellipsis. Perhaps it makes more sense like this:
"tar xvzf /path/to/openssh-3.3.tgz".

HTH,
-Kit
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