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From: jxf@orion.cis.ksu.edu (Jerry Frain)
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Subject: Re: Unix compatible compress
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Date: 5 Feb 91 07:27:33 GMT
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pvowles@ec.uwa.oz.au (Paul Vowles) writes:

>Hi,

>	I am looking for a utility that will allow me to de/compress
>	files in the UNIX-compress format.

>						Thanks in advance

>						Paul Vowles

>						pvowles@comec.ec.uwa.oz.au

MacCompress 3.2 is available via ftp from sumex-aim.stanford.edu.  All in
all, not a bad program, though it can be rather dumb at times.  Seems
MacCompress uses the filename to calculate a magic number when compressing
under the "MacCompress" option.   So if you if you rename the file, it won't
uncompress it.

I think the unix option works fine.  I've tested it several times.

  --Jerry

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