$CSQ320@SN01.SNCC.LSU.EDU (John Mills) (03/01/91)
Yea, I would like to know too! ===================================== Inet: $csq320@lsuvax.sncc.lus.edu =====================================
jdeitch@umiami.ir.miami.edu (Jonathan Deitch) (03/01/91)
There is an easy answer to the problem of ftping .Z compressed files.
Simply request the filename minus the .Z extension. The ftp
software will automatically decompress the file before it sends
it to you.
- Jonathan
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If you're running UNIX (of course you are...) then type uncompress [filename] at the shell prompt. That will replace the *.Z files with the uncompressed versions. Alternatively, download them in the compressed form, then use GS/ShrinkIt to uncompress them. Brian T. Tao *B-) | t569taob@bluffs.scar.utoronto.ca | "Though this be U of Metro Toronto | - or - | madness, yet there Scarberia, ON | taob@pnet91.cts.com | is method in 't."
fadden@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Andy McFadden) (03/02/91)
In article <D2E5579CC0C0101A@LSUVAX.SNCC.LSU.EDU> $CSQ320@SN01.SNCC.LSU.EDU (John Mills) writes: > > Yea, I would like to know too! The original question was regarding archives with ".Z" suffixes. This means they are compressed with a UNIX program called (of all things) "compress". You either need a VMS equivalent of "uncompress", or need to download them to a //gs and use GS/ShrinkIt to unpack them (or find a UNIX system, of course, and type "uncompress filename"). > Inet: $csq320@lsuvax.sncc.lus.edu -- fadden@cory.berkeley.edu (Andy McFadden) ..!ucbvax!cory!fadden fadden@hermes.berkeley.edu (when cory throws up)