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From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Handling files with ".Z" extension
Message-ID: <1990Dec19.082258.16224@uwasa.fi>
Date: 19 Dec 90 08:22:58 GMT
References: <90352.10461334AEJ7D@CMUVM.BITNET>
Organization: University of Vaasa
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In article <90352.10461334AEJ7D@CMUVM.BITNET> 34AEJ7D@CMUVM.BITNET writes:
>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?

No, they are treated with Unix compress, uncompress and zcat.  Try
  man compress 
on your Unix system.

A short extract from /pc/ts/tsfaq15.arc Frequently Asked Questions
collection (available by anonymous ftp from uwasa.fi, Vaasa,
Finland.)

15. *****
 Q: I have noticed that some directories at chyde.uwasa.fi include
files that have a .Z extension.  What are they?

 A: They are Unix files.  Chyde.uwasa.fi is a Unix system, and many
these files are related to handling the PC files without having
first to transfer them to from the Unix mainframe to the PC.  Please
see /unix/ts/0news-u for more details and instructions. 

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Prof. Timo Salmi        (Moderating at anon. ftp site 128.214.12.3)
School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland
Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun