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From: turner@smart.sps.mot.com (Robert Turner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: File Compression on Mentor Graphics Files
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Date: 25 Feb 91 22:31:33 GMT
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In article <707@tron.UUCP> you write:
>
>Does anyone out there have a file compressor package that works with
>Mentor Graphics files ?
>
>I have tried the ARC package and UNIX compress with no success. The problem
>with them is that they both decompress the files into type "unstruct"
>instead of types "hdru" or "rec", as appropriate. This makes the 
>decompressed files unuseable by Mentor Graphics software packages.
>
wbak the file first.  wbak will hang onto the file types for you.
If you use tar be sure to use the "-A" option.

Robert

P.S. your email bounced. sorry to post it.


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