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- From: bcr@cernapo (Bill Riemers)
- Subject: Re: compress file type (was: Favourite DOMAIN/OS ...)
- In-Reply-To: thompson@PAN.SSEC.HONEYWELL.COM's message of 24 Jul 92 19:45:22 GMT
- Message-ID: <BCR.92Jul25124722@hpl3sn02.cern.ch>
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- Organization: CERN, European Research Center for High Energy Physics
- References: <199207241945.AA23289@pan.ssec.honeywell.com>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 11:47:22 GMT
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- > Compress a file using the standard /usr/ucb/compress routine.
- > Change the type on it to be compress, by using '/etc/obty pathname... compress'
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- a88k:3% /etc/obty stupid.1.Z compress
- ?(obty) Unable to get type uid for type "compress" - type not found (object based systems/type manager)
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- Could you elaborate on how to make the compress file type? Also, please
- indicate any steps that require root privledge. (I can not do these steps myself.)
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- > Use the object.
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- Will the files be accessable to fortran programs directly? (Emacs already uncompresses
- text files ...)
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- Bill
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