kjs39186@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kent Squires) (03/12/91)
How does one go about de-archiving those files on FTP that have a .Z extension?
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In article kjs39186@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kent Squires) writes: >How does one go about de-archiving those files on FTP that have a .Z extension? They are compressed with a UNIX shell utility called, appropriately enough, compress. [I've got them aliased to "pack" and "unpack"] Just type "uncompress filename" at the UNIX prompt and the file will be uncompressed. There's also a GS shell program to uncompress that format.. Hmm.. I think ShrinkIT GS does compress by now, but I'm not positive. Whoever does a FAQ for this newsgroup: Make sure you talk about this! -- <unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu Apple IIGS Forever! CHEAP CD INFO-mail me BETTER .sig?>
shrinkit@Apple.COM (Andrew Nicholas) (03/14/91)
In article <13321@darkstar.ucsc.edu> unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes: >>How does one go about de-archiving those files on FTP that have a .Z extension? > They are compressed with a UNIX shell utility called, appropriately >enough, compress. [I've got them aliased to "pack" and "unpack"] > There's also a GS shell program to uncompress that format.. Hmm.. >I think ShrinkIT GS does compress by now, but I'm not positive. GS-ShrinkIt has always been able to uncompress .Z COMPRESSed files. Just make sure you're using the latest version (1.0.4) since previous versions have had serious problems. andy -- Andy Nicholas GEnie & America-Online: shrinkit Apple Computer, Inc. CompuServe: 70771,2615 Green System Software InterNET: shrinkit@apple.com I'm doing this on my own time, so I don't speak for Apple.