Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!darkstar!ucscb.UCSC.EDU!unknown From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: .Z files on FTP Message-ID: <13321@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Date: 12 Mar 91 10:40:33 GMT References: <1991Mar12.092649.27232@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: usenet@darkstar.ucsc.edu Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz; Open Access Computing Lines: 16 In article kjs39186@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kent Squires) writes: >How does one go about de-archiving those files on FTP that have a .Z extension? They are compressed with a UNIX shell utility called, appropriately enough, compress. [I've got them aliased to "pack" and "unpack"] Just type "uncompress filename" at the UNIX prompt and the file will be uncompressed. There's also a GS shell program to uncompress that format.. Hmm.. I think ShrinkIT GS does compress by now, but I'm not positive. Whoever does a FAQ for this newsgroup: Make sure you talk about this! --