2119784@hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU
Date: 05/31/93


From: 2119784@hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU ()
Subject: Re: Incredibly stupid question on .z files
Date: Mon, 31 May 1993 10:09:35 GMT

In article <samiamC7vuK2.HB3@netcom.com> samiam@netcom.com (Scott Moore) writes:
>Like it says above, this is not the most intellegent question.... but....
>I attempted to get a Linux project file in the form of a .z (note lower case)
>file. The SUN workstation uncompress program does not like it. Any DOS
>based uncompress programs do not like it. Is there a different format than
>I am aware of out there ? Is there a program to decompress it (dos or sun,
>I don't have linux running yet).
> <sam>
Try gunzip. If its not on your machine, grab from you local friendly GNU site.
Compile it on your SUN. while yer at it, get gzip (that compresses). Not as
quick as compress and uncompress, but gives better compression. Have fun!
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