[comp.sys.amiga.introduction] *.Z files

bell@ecs.umass.edu (05/20/91)

How do you get *.Z files to de-compress.  ab20 and other ftp sites have plenty
of *.uu.Z files.  I have gotten uudecode and unshar and zcat and compress but I
can't uncompress these files.  When I zcat them I red that I nead to unshar
them then uudecode but I can't uncompress them first HELP!!!!!!

warb@faatcrl.UUCP (Dan Warburton) (05/25/91)

bell@ecs.umass.edu writes:

>How do you get *.Z files to de-compress.  ab20 and other ftp sites have plenty
>of *.uu.Z files.  I have gotten uudecode and unshar and zcat and compress but I
>can't uncompress these files.  When I zcat them I red that I nead to unshar
>them then uudecode but I can't uncompress them first HELP!!!!!!

Why not try      uncompress *.Z  ?? that's what we do around here. 
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saint@alessia.dei.unipd.it (Gian Uberto Lauri 228495) (05/30/91)

In article <1365@faatcrl.UUCP> warb@faatcrl.UUCP (Dan Warburton) writes:
>bell@ecs.umass.edu writes:
>
>>How do you get *.Z files to de-compress.  ab20 and other ftp sites have plenty
>>of *.uu.Z files.  I have gotten uudecode and unshar and zcat and compress but I
>>can't uncompress these files.  When I zcat them I red that I nead to unshar
>>them then uudecode but I can't uncompress them first HELP!!!!!!
>
>Why not try      uncompress *.Z  ?? that's what we do around here. 


Or else compress -d *.Z

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