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- From: chrisk@pcx.ncd.com (Chris Kessel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- Subject: Re: Need help with ".Z" files...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec14.195419.5747@pcx.ncd.com>
- Date: 14 Dec 92 19:54:19 GMT
- Article-I.D.: pcx.1992Dec14.195419.5747
- References: <1992Dec11.031426.1@camins.camosun.bc.ca> <torresce.724340604@craft.camp.clarkson.edu>
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- In article <torresce.724340604@craft.camp.clarkson.edu> torresce@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Alex "Mystic" Soto) writes:
- >comptec91006@camins.camosun.bc.ca (Michael Botten) writes:
- >
- >>This question doesn't really have much to do with this newsgroup, but I
- >>suspect someone here will know the answer. So here goes nothing...
- >
- >>What needs to be done to files ending in '.Z' (eg. filename.ext.Z) to make
- >>them usable? I assume they are archived. I guess I just need to know the
- >>name of the archiver so I can get it from an FTP server somewhere.
- >
- >Actually, doesn't .Z mean they are tar'ed? I think compressed or packed is
- >small .z
- >If it is tared together, you will have to go into UNIX and untar it by
- >typing: tar xvf filename.ext.Z
- >In case I'm wrong, you can also do a 'man tar'
- > Hope this helps.
- > Mystic
- >(alex.soto@analog.com)
-
- There is also a .Z extension for a certain DOS compression program (just
- called compress I think). It's used by some people because of it's
- Windows compatibility (I guess pkzip isn't (or wasn't) windows compatible).
- You don't have to be in Windows to uncompress, but you do have to have the
- compress program.
-
- Chris
-