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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!news.umbc.edu!gmuvax2!esaffle
  3. From: esaffle@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Ed Saffle)
  4. Subject: Re: Need help with ".Z" files...
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec16.191745.9516@gmuvax2.gmu.edu>
  6. Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
  7. References: <1992Dec11.031426.1@camins.camosun.bc.ca> <torresce.724340604@craft.camp.clarkson.edu>
  8. Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:17:45 GMT
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  11. In article <torresce.724340604@craft.camp.clarkson.edu> torresce@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Alex "Mystic" Soto) writes:
  12. >comptec91006@camins.camosun.bc.ca (Michael Botten) writes:
  13. >
  14. >Actually, doesn't .Z mean they are tar'ed?  I think compressed or packed is
  15. >small .z
  16.  
  17.   Nope.  the .Z is for compressed format.  You need an uncompress from unix
  18. or something that'll do a similar job.  The .z (small z) is for unix pak
  19. programs.  Tar doesn't actually add an extension, but mst people will add an
  20. extension of .tar so that when compressed you get the .tar.Z extension.  
  21.  
  22. Ed
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