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From: jpm@logixwi.uucp (Jan-Piet Mens)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: data-compression in a pipe
Keywords: data-compression unix
Message-ID: <1991Jun25.150958.19602@logixwi.uucp>
Date: 25 Jun 91 15:09:58 GMT
References: <11595@sbsvax.cs.uni-sb.de>
Organization: Logix GmbH, Wiesbaden, W-Germany
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km11hs@sbuvax.rz.uni-sb.de (Dieter Becker) writes:

>I am looking for a text-compression program, which works in a pipe
>I want to use this in a shell-script like:
>    tar cvf - xyz | "*compression*" | rcp xxxx
>Do You know a PD-source / program? 

	How about
	  tar cf - xyz | compress | rcp xxx

	using compress(1)
>Thanks 
	Welcome!
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