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From: king@cell.mot.COM (Steven King)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: How do I convert a file with .Z on the end?
Message-ID: <563@grape3.UUCP>
Date: 13 Dec 89 19:40:10 GMT
References: <1989Dec12.210649.17844@cec1.wustl.edu>
Organization: Motorola Inc. - Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Heights, IL 60004
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In article <1989Dec12.210649.17844@cec1.wustl.edu> dal8372@cec2.UUCP (David A. Luther) writes:
>I have a few files that have a .Z on the end of them.  How do I convert
>them to a normal file?  If there is a program to do this, does anyone
>have a copy?

On a Unix system, the program that compresses files and adds the .Z extension
is generally know as 'compress', the complementary program to uncompress them
is (not surprisingly) 'uncompress'.  I wouldn't be too surprised if you've
already got these at your site, possibly under a different name.


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