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- From: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Tom J Parry)
- Subject: Re: Is there an uncompress for OS/2 and where is it?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.002221.20092@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Originator: parry@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
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- Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
- References: <3739@copper.Denver.Colorado.EDU>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 00:22:21 GMT
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- Ronald J. Vaniwaarden (rvaniwaa@copper.denver.colorado.edu) wrote:
- > Does anyone know of an umcompress program out there? I can find compress (the
- > UNIX version ported to OS/2) but I have been unable to find the port of
- > uncompress. Since compress is almost useless without uncompress, I would
- > very much like to find the OS/2 port.
-
- Try the following:
- copy compress.exe uncompress.exe
- copy compress.exe zcat.exe
-
- If it's the same source as the unix versions then this will work. All three
- are the same program.
-
- -rwxr-xr-x 3 bin 32768 Mar 20 1991 /usr/ucb/compress*
- -rwxr-xr-x 3 bin 32768 Mar 20 1991 /usr/ucb/uncompress*
- -rwxr-xr-x 3 bin 32768 Mar 20 1991 /usr/ucb/zcat*
- ^^^
- They're even hard links to the same file here.
-
- --
- Tom J Parry.
- Your reality is a figment of my imagination.
-