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From: wtl@ulysses.att.com (Bill Langin[ftd])
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: MKS utilities
Keywords: compress,unix,dos
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Date: 11 Jul 90 19:45:52 GMT
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I am interested in a Unix utility ported to dos like the ones described
recently in this newsgroup.  

Specifically, I would like to compress a file on a Vax8650 running BSD4.3 using
the compress command download the file to my 386 pc with Kermit and uncompress
it with the MKS utility uncompress.exe or some similar utility.

However, I have two questions about this procedure.  It was mentioned that MKS
ported the Unix utilities from Unix V vers 3.  I beleive that the compress/
uncompress utilities are compatible between V.3 and BSD4.3 but I'm not quite
sure.  

Secondly, would I need to compress the file on the Vax using the command
compress -b12 filename  as suggested in the COMPRESS(1)? for "smaller machines"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
like the 286pc?

Thanks in advance,

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