Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!bruce!monu0.cc.monash.edu.au!monu6!rik From: rik@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Rik Harris) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction Subject: Re: Whatza .Z file? Message-ID: <1991Apr11.104812.4833@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> Date: 11 Apr 91 10:48:12 GMT References: <8760@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> Organization: Monash University, Caulfield Campus Lines: 40 In article <8760@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) writes: >In article ia0i+@andrew.cmu.edu (Indu Tara Agarwal) writes: [discussion about .Z/compress deleted] > >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 . . >@ .Z compress . . >@Most (all?) of these archivers are available somewhere from this site. >@Use the ``FILES.Z'' file to locate any archivers you need. ^^ ^^^^^^^ Isn't this a tad silly? How would a new user get compress to uncompress the file that tells him/her where the compress program is? just curious :-) >@ >@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. -- Rik Harris - rik@sola.fcit.monash.edu.au or rik@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au new address! rik.harris@monash.edu.au Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, Monash University, Caulfield Campus, Australia