Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ukma!aash
From: aash@ms.uky.edu (aash)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Compressed archives
Message-ID: <11649@s.ms.uky.edu>
Date: 4 May 89 20:54:06 GMT
Organization: U of Ky, Math. Sciences, Lexington KY
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Dave Seah (dseah@wpi.wpi.edu, dseah@wpi.bitnet) writes:
>I am relatively new to the world of UNIX compression/archive programs.  The
>files availiable via anonymous ftp at 128.163.128.6 are compressed somehow.
>I tried downloading kermit.tar.Z.  I ran it through zcat, and it took
>relatively long to finish (6 seconds).  I ended up with a .tar file that was 3
>megabytes long!  Fortunately, quota seems to be off, but I'm sure that our
>system dude wouldn't be pleased.


I checked out this file and when i uncompressed it
it was only 155K or so.  Did you ftp it with a binary
set?  If you need anything and you can't uncompress or
untar it let me know and I will set up a temporary directory
and put stuff there in ascii format.  Good luck.

aash


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