Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!ucbvax!ucdavis!iris!zerkle From: zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction Subject: Re: Whatza .Z file? Message-ID: <8760@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> Date: 10 Apr 91 22:18:15 GMT References: Sender: usenet@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu Reply-To: zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) Organization: U.C. Davis - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Lines: 41 In article ia0i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Indu Tara Agarwal) writes: >Um, this may sound a WEE bit dumb, Why do you think we invented this group? >but I don't know which archive/dearchive >program to use with a file which has a .Z extension on it. Could someone >please e-mail (or post if there's enough curiosity from we neophytes) which >program; and most importantly, WHICH FLAGS/SETTINGS/COMMANDS/-xju@#$11 exten- >sions that I should use to de-archive the .Z text file?? That's the extension for the Unix compress/uncompress format. There's a version of compress for the Amiga, also. You can find it on some Fred Fish disk or another. Note that if you are getting files from ab20.larc.nasa.gov, there's a file called /README. It lists all the extensions and their archivers. It looks like this: @A quick guide to filename extensions: @ @ Extension Archiver @ .arc arc @ .zoo zoo @ .lzh lharc @ .lhw lhwarp @ .wrp warp @ .Z compress @ .tar tar @ .dms dms @ @Most (all?) of these archivers are available somewhere from this site. @Use the ``FILES.Z'' file to locate any archivers you need. @ @Send mail to if you have problems. @But be sure to consult your local guru first... Good luck! Dan Zerkle zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu (916) 754-0240 Amiga... Because life is too short for boring computers.