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From: rolee@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Profess'nal Agitator)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: .Z files
Keywords: help
Message-ID: <11296@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 19 Mar 91 03:15:37 GMT
References: <1158@sppy00.UUCP>
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Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711
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In article <1158@sppy00.UUCP> cjs@sppy00.UUCP (SCHALLER CHRIS) writes:
>
> I have done alot of downloading with the amiga, but have never
> encountered a compressed file with the .Z at the end.
> what do user to uncompress these files. Is it TAR, Ive heard of
> it but have no idea what it is.

A .Z file is the Unix compression standard.  You can either uncompress it on
a Unix machine and then d/l it to your Ami or you can ftp an Amiga version
from one of the Fred Fish sites.  You can find the original on Disk #6 and
an update on Disk #51.

Agitator
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