ia0i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Indu Tara Agarwal) (04/10/91)
Um, this may sound a WEE bit dumb, but I don't know which archive/dearchive program to use with a file which has a .Z extension on it. Could someone please e-mail (or post if there's enough curiosity from we neophytes) which program; and most importantly, WHICH FLAGS/SETTINGS/COMMANDS/-xju@#$11 exten- sions that I should use to de-archive the .Z text file?? Thanks much!
zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) (04/11/91)
In article <Uc0lnZu00WB942a0gK@andrew.cmu.edu> ia0i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Indu Tara Agarwal) writes: >Um, this may sound a WEE bit dumb, Why do you think we invented this group? >but I don't know which archive/dearchive >program to use with a file which has a .Z extension on it. Could someone >please e-mail (or post if there's enough curiosity from we neophytes) which >program; and most importantly, WHICH FLAGS/SETTINGS/COMMANDS/-xju@#$11 exten- >sions that I should use to de-archive the .Z text file?? That's the extension for the Unix compress/uncompress format. There's a version of compress for the Amiga, also. You can find it on some Fred Fish disk or another. Note that if you are getting files from ab20.larc.nasa.gov, there's a file called /README. It lists all the extensions and their archivers. It looks like this: @A quick guide to filename extensions: @ @ Extension Archiver @ .arc arc @ .zoo zoo @ .lzh lharc @ .lhw lhwarp @ .wrp warp @ .Z compress @ .tar tar @ .dms dms @ @Most (all?) of these archivers are available somewhere from this site. @Use the ``FILES.Z'' file to locate any archivers you need. @ @Send mail to <ftp@ab20.larc.nasa.gov> if you have problems. @But be sure to consult your local guru first... Good luck! Dan Zerkle zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu (916) 754-0240 Amiga... Because life is too short for boring computers.
rik@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Rik Harris) (04/11/91)
In article <8760@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) writes: >In article <Uc0lnZu00WB942a0gK@andrew.cmu.edu> ia0i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Indu Tara Agarwal) writes: [discussion about .Z/compress deleted] > >Note that if you are getting files from ab20.larc.nasa.gov, there's a >file called /README. It lists all the extensions and their archivers. >It looks like this: > >@A quick guide to filename extensions: >@ >@ Extension Archiver . . >@ .Z compress . . >@Most (all?) of these archivers are available somewhere from this site. >@Use the ``FILES.Z'' file to locate any archivers you need. ^^ ^^^^^^^ Isn't this a tad silly? How would a new user get compress to uncompress the file that tells him/her where the compress program is? just curious :-) >@ >@Send mail to <ftp@ab20.larc.nasa.gov> if you have problems. >@But be sure to consult your local guru first... > >Good luck! > > Dan Zerkle zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu (916) 754-0240 > Amiga... Because life is too short for boring computers. -- Rik Harris - rik@sola.fcit.monash.edu.au or rik@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au new address! rik.harris@monash.edu.au Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, Monash University, Caulfield Campus, Australia
zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) (04/15/91)
In article <1991Apr11.104812.4833@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> rik@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Rik Harris) writes: >@ >@ Extension Archiver >@ .Z compress >. >@Most (all?) of these archivers are available somewhere from this site. >@Use the ``FILES.Z'' file to locate any archivers you need. > ^^ >Isn't this a tad silly? How would a new user get compress to >uncompress the file that tells him/her where the compress program is? No, it makes sense. All decent Unix systems have the "compress" program. There's no need to shuffle the thing to your Amiga. Just uncompress and read it on whatever system you have hooked up to ftp. BTW, be careful when you say "a tad silly." I think "a silly Tad" would be more appropriate in this situation. Dan Zerkle zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu (916) 754-0240 Amiga... Because life is too short for boring computers.
lord_zar@ucrmath.ucr.edu (wayne wallace) (04/15/91)
rik@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Rik Harris) writes: >[discussion about .Z/compress deleted] >>@Use the ``FILES.Z'' file to locate any archivers you need. > ^^ > ^^^^^^^ >Isn't this a tad silly? How would a new user get compress to >uncompress the file that tells him/her where the compress program is? >just curious :-) Ever hear of zcat? You don't need to use compress to read a .Z file. zcat filename | (Your favorite pager. Ie less, more.) Try this alias in your .cshrc: alias z 'zcat \!* | $PAGER' ($PAGER is a nice variable to have. Using 'less' with the system manual is very nice) Then you just 'z filename' to view it. Wayne
d88ricwe@odalix.ida.liu.se (Rickard Westman) (04/15/91)
lord_zar@ucrmath.ucr.edu (wayne wallace) writes: >rik@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Rik Harris) writes: >>[discussion about .Z/compress deleted] >>>@Use the ``FILES.Z'' file to locate any archivers you need. >> ^^ >> ^^^^^^^ >>Isn't this a tad silly? How would a new user get compress to >>uncompress the file that tells him/her where the compress program is? >Ever hear of zcat? You don't need to use compress to read a .Z file. Actually, the binaries for zcat, compress and uncompress are identical. Only the names are different. If you have got one of them, you can get the others by simple renaming. -- Rickard Westman, University of Linkoping, Sweden (d88ricwe@odalix.ida.liu.se)
rik@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Rik Harris) (04/16/91)
lord_zar@ucrmath.ucr.edu (wayne wallace) writes: >rik@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Rik Harris) writes: >>[discussion about .Z/compress deleted] >>>@Use the ``FILES.Z'' file to locate any archivers you need. >> ^^ >> ^^^^^^^ >>Isn't this a tad silly? How would a new user get compress to >>uncompress the file that tells him/her where the compress program is? >>just curious :-) >Ever hear of zcat? You don't need to use compress to read a .Z file. >zcat filename | (Your favorite pager. Ie less, more.) >Try this alias in your .cshrc: >alias z 'zcat \!* | $PAGER' >($PAGER is a nice variable to have. Using 'less' with the system manual is >very nice) >Then you just 'z filename' to view it. Ever thought that zcat and uncompress might be the same program. Under UNIX (where compress was first commonly used) it is simply the same binary with a different name (hard link - even takes up the same diskblocks). The versions of compress I have had for the amiga are called with 'compress -c'. I have an alias for zcat which is: alias zcat 'uncompress -c' It's the SAME program >Wayne rik -- Rik Harris - rik@sola.fcit.monash.edu.au or rik@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au new address! rik.harris@monash.edu.au Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, Monash University, Caulfield Campus, Australia
david@twg.com (David S. Herron) (04/23/91)
In article <8778@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) writes: >In article <1991Apr11.104812.4833@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> rik@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Rik Harris) writes: >>@Most (all?) of these archivers are available somewhere from this site. >>@Use the ``FILES.Z'' file to locate any archivers you need. >> ^^ >>Isn't this a tad silly? How would a new user get compress to >>uncompress the file that tells him/her where the compress program is? > >No, it makes sense. All decent Unix systems have the "compress" >program. There's no need to shuffle the thing to your Amiga. Just >uncompress and read it on whatever system you have hooked up to ftp. No it doesn't .. suppose you're on a machine which isn't Unix and which doesn't otherwise have {,un}compress? After all, all the world's not Unix (yet;-)). David -- <- David Herron, an MMDF & WIN/MHS guy, <david@twg.com> <- Formerly: David Herron -- NonResident E-Mail Hack <david@ms.uky.edu> <- <- "MS-DOS? Where we're going we don't need MS-DOS." --Back To The Future
pilgrim@daimi.aau.dk (Jakob G}rdsted) (04/24/91)
david@twg.com (David S. Herron) writes: >After all, all the world's not Unix (yet;-)). Wrong! The world IS Unix. -- From the notorious Jakob Gaardsted, Computer Science Department Bed og arbejd ! University of Aarhus, Jylland (!) (Pray and work!) AMIGA! | I'd rather play Moria.