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- From: river@io.org (Greg Heo)
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- Subject: Re: Help on .GZ extension
- Date: 25 Feb 1996 14:47:59 GMT
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- Willard Baker (bronco@minor.rnet.com) wrote:
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- : While scanning FTP directories for C=64/C=128 software I see many files
- : having a filename extention .GZ.
-
- : Please, is this some sort of archive, and if so, what is needed to
- : restore the files to executable form?
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- .gz is a gzipped file. you need gzip.exe or gunzip.exe. mostly used on unix
- platforms, i believe. i can mail you an msdos port if you need it.
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- cheers,
- greg
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