Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!tank!mimsy!kelso From: kelso@mimsy.umd.edu (Stephen Kelley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Yeah, what's .Z (or how do I unshar?) Summary: a .Z suffix means the file has been "compress"ed . Message-ID: <21761@mimsy.umd.edu> Date: 11 Jan 90 13:16:51 GMT References: <25AAB4A2.4638@paris.ics.uci.edu> <21033@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 14 In article <21033@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, VAUGHN@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes: > In article <25AAB4A2.4638@paris.ics.uci.edu>, rang@paris.ics.uci.edu (Roger Penaranda Jr. Ang) writes: > > quick question, > > I downloaded some binaries from xanth with .uu?.Z extensions. > > > I have the same problem. I know that you're supposed to unshar them, but The summary says it all. There should be a 'compress' prog. on your system. Also, one was (I believe) posted to comp.sources.amiga a few(?) weeks ago. I was just experimenting w/ it on my A2500 last night and it works fine. -- Real: Stephen Kelley, Welch Library, Johns Hopkins Univ. Internet: stevek@welch.jhu.edu