Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!linac!mp.cs.niu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!kickapoo.cs.iastate.edu!hamilton From: hamilton@kickapoo.cs.iastate.edu (Jon Hamilton) Newsgroups: comp.compression Subject: Re: .Z compression; (a me-too request) Message-ID: Date: 28 Mar 91 23:26:48 GMT References: <1991Mar25.222609.20771@isc.rit.edu> <1991Mar28.121909.11514@rcf.rsmas.miami.edu> <1991Mar28.214550.18578@groucho> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Distribution: usa Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA Lines: 27 jff@denali.ee.uidaho.edu (Jim Frenzel) writes: >In article <1991Mar28.121909.11514@rcf.rsmas.miami.edu> sikorski@rcf.rsmas.miami.edu writes: >> >>Ditto. How do I unravel .Z compression to read it on an msdos PC? >> >.Z as a file extension indicates that unix-based compress routine was >used. You will have to move the file to a unix machine, run umcompress >and transfer back to msdos, unless you can find a pc version of unix >compress (which does exist I believe). Weeeeeel, there _is_ a program called MacCompress which works on (you guessed it) a Mac. I think it's available on sumex. If not, leave me a note and I'll mail it to you. >-- > Jim Frenzel Electrical Engineering > University of Idaho Moscow, ID 83843 > 208-885-7888 jfrenzel@groucho.mrc.uidaho.edu -- Jon Hamilton hamilton@kickapoo.cs.iastate.edu " I feel a lot more like I do now that I did before I got here " - can't remember who