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From: tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu (Carl Schelin)
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Subject: Re: Handling files with ".Z" extension
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Date: 18 Dec 90 18:36:36 GMT
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In article <90352.10461334AEJ7D@CMUVM.BITNET>, 34AEJ7D@CMUVM.BITNET says:
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>How are files with an extension of ".Z" processed? Are these compressed
>with ZOO, or Unix compres, or what?  What UNdoes whatever has been done to
>them?
>
>It's a puzzlement.
>
>
>Thanks.

I seem to remember reading an article on the .Z extension. There is a .z and 
a .Z extension. I know about the .Z one.

The program is called Compress/Uncompress on a UNIX box. Just type
uncompress <filename> and it will overwrite the existing file with the 
uncompressed file. 

Carl Schelin
tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu