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From: rang@cpsin3.cps.msu.edu (Anton Rang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: binary files
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Date: 3 May 89 02:48:29 GMT
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In-reply-to: pweent@spanglebaby.cc.umich.edu's message of 2 May 89 21:58:11 GMT

In article <8@sharkey.cc.umich.edu> pweent@spanglebaby.cc.umich.edu writes:

   In article <10331@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> flatmas@ladder.cs.orst.edu (Scott Timothy Flatman) writes:
   >How does one "decode" a binary file?  [ A '.Z' file. ]

   The only compression method I have seen use ".Z" is unix "compress".  Try
   decompressing it like this
       % zcat oldfile > newfile

If you don't have access to a Unix box, look for a program called (I
believe) MacCompress.  It compresses and decompresses in a way
compatible with Unix (if you have enough memory).

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