rjcamp@cccbbs.UUCP (rich campoamor) (12/17/90)
I am trying to unCOMPRESS several text-only files in an MS-DOS environment
that have been COMPRESSed with UNIX COMPRESS. I have tried to unCOMPRESS
these files using a program called DECOMP2 which never seems to uncompress
the .Z file but it does succeed at deallocating all available clusters on
the current drive my hard drive.
Is there a better (ie a way that actually works :-) ) to accomplish this
task? The only identifying marks on my current executable come from the
source code provided with it. There is this comment in the source:
/*
* compress.c - File compression ala IEEE Computer, June 1984.
*
* Authors: Spencer W. Thomas (decvax!harpo!utah-cs!utah-gr!thomas)
* Jim McKie (decvax!mcvax!jim)
* Steve Davies (decvax!vax135!petsd!peora!srd)
* Ken Turkowski (decvax!decwrl!turtlevax!ken)
* James A. Woods (decvax!ihnp4!ames!jaw)
* Joe Orost (decvax!vax135!petsd!joe)
*
* modified for MS-DOS, decompression only, by B.D. Ripley, 1/90
* b.d.ripley@uk.ac.strath.vaxa
*/
The process that I am going through is this:
FTP files (via a VAX system)
download to the PC using Kermit
attempt to run DECOMP2 -- watch it *not* work.
Suggestions/responses will be summarized if necessary.
AND...no, i do not have direct access to a UNIX system (unfortunately)
rich
moebius recursive: it's the same old thing with a new twist....