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From: johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (Bill Johnston)
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Subject: Re: converting xxx.Z files on the mac.
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In article <146582@tiger.oxy.edu>, schorsch@oxy.edu 
(Brent William Schorsch) writes...
>in experementing with ftp, I have found some sites which encode 3 times,
>first with stufit(.sit) then binHex(.hqx) then compress from UNIX (.Z)
>I was wondering if I have to ftp from a unix machine, uncompress it and then
>ftp it to my mac or if there is a program that will let me uncompress
>it on my mac...

MacCompress will dearchive unix compressed files.  It is available
in the sumex archives (inet # 36.44.0.6) in the /info-mac/util
directory.  

Note that ".Z" files have a binary format; you'll need to specify binary 
(not MacBinary) file type for all file transfers.  MacKermit 0.98 allows 
the user to receive plain binary files; so far, I haven't found a way 
to do this with White Knight.

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