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From: jemohler@isca01.icaen.uiowa.edu (Jeff Mohler,,,)
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Subject: Re: .Z file extension?  Help needed.
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Date: 3 Feb 91 04:24:05 GMT
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From article <1991Feb2.214516.2762@watdragon.waterloo.edu>, by rwsoukoreff@trillium.waterloo.edu (Rob Soukoreff):
> 
> 
> 
>     Hello,
>        I recently recived a file with an file name extension of .Z
>    What extraction/uncompression program should I use to retrieve
>    the contents of this file, and from where (ie ftp) can I get a
>    copy of this program?
> 
> 
>     Thank you in advance,
>        Rob Soukoreff
>        rwsoukoreff@trillium.uwaterloo.ca
aIt is a UNIX compression....
 
Just type "uncompress <filename>.Z"
 
it will be replaced by the uncompressed, larger file of the same name without
the "Z"
 
Mpython..

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