harper@pembvax1.bitnet (05/03/91)
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nautilus@nuge111.its.rpi.edu (John M Twilley) (05/03/91)
On a Unix machine, just type 'uncompress file.Z'. -- |John M. Twilley (Nautilus)|"Electricity is the dangerous|Disclaimer: Take| |Internet: nautilus@rpi.edu| stuff in an extension cord."|what I say with | |BITNet: Nautilus@RPITSMTS|(paraphrased from S. Dorner) |a grain of salt.|
mauler@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (05/17/91)
In article <=43g8l@rpi.edu>, nautilus@nuge111.its.rpi.edu (John M Twilley) writes: > On a Unix machine, just type 'uncompress file.Z'. > > How about an MSDOS-based machine? I doubt anyone using a Unix-based machine really needs to ask about "compress". > -- > |John M. Twilley (Nautilus)|"Electricity is the dangerous|Disclaimer: Take| > |Internet: nautilus@rpi.edu| stuff in an extension cord."|what I say with | > |BITNet: Nautilus@RPITSMTS|(paraphrased from S. Dorner) |a grain of salt.| Leo Mauler mauler@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (05/18/91)
In article <1991May17.040236.30844@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> mauler@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes: >In article <=43g8l@rpi.edu>, nautilus@nuge111.its.rpi.edu (John M Twilley) writes: >> On a Unix machine, just type 'uncompress file.Z'. > >How about an MSDOS-based machine? I doubt anyone using a Unix-based machine >really needs to ask about "compress". For example /pc/unix/comp430d.zip, available at ftp sites including ours. ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun
jpr@jpradley.jpr.com (Jean-Pierre Radley) (05/26/91)
In article <1991May17.040236.30844@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> mauler@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes: >In article <=43g8l@rpi.edu>, nautilus@nuge111.its.rpi.edu (John M Twilley) writes: >> On a Unix machine, just type 'uncompress file.Z'. >> >> > >How about an MSDOS-based machine? I doubt anyone using a Unix-based machine >really needs to ask about "compress". Compress -u, in that case. Do you need an MS-DOS version? Jean-Pierre Radley Unix in NYC jpr@jpr.com jpradley!jpr CIS: 72160,1341
ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (05/27/91)
In article <1991May26.021853.5794@jpradley.jpr.com> jpr@jpradley.jpr.com (Jean-Pierre Radley) writes: >In article <1991May17.040236.30844@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> mauler@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes: : >>How about an MSDOS-based machine? I doubt anyone using a Unix-based machine >>really needs to ask about "compress". > >Compress -u, in that case. Do you need an MS-DOS version? An extract from /pc/ts/tsfaq21.arc Frequently Asked Questions: From: ts@uwasa.fi Subject: MsDos compress for .Z files, etc Date: Sat 18 May 00:00:23 1991 23. ***** Q: Where can I find compress for MsDos to handle .Z files? A: Unix has compress, uncompress and zcat programs to pack or unpack files which are given the .Z extension. These files can also be handled under MsDos using for example /pc/unix/comp430d.zip, which is available from anonymous FTP sites like garbo.uwasa.fi, SIMTEL20, etc. There is one useful trick if you uncompress on MsDos such text files that have been made on Unix with compress. Unix and MsDos have different eolns (end of lines). You can extract a Unix compressed text file as follows comp430d -d -c YourZFile | unix2pc > YourOutputFile where unix2pc.exe is taken from /pc/ts/tsfilt17.arc (or whatever is the current verion number). While we are at it let's look at two similar questions of MsDos counterparts for Unix file handling. Uuencoding and uudecoding is a common method to handle files so that they can be sent as ordinary ascii email. There are several utilities for uu(en/de)coding files on a PC in our /pc/decode directory. One that I can recommend in uuexe413.zip, which has an option to use formats like the one employed in the comp.binaries.ibm.pc binary postings. Yet another often queried counterpart for Unix is tar for MsDos. I have not used this option myself, but our directory /pc/unix should have something on this. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun