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  1. Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!csusac!cdsac!scotte
  3. From: scotte@cdsac.uucp (L. Scott Emmons)
  4. Subject: Re:    help
  5. Message-ID: <Dec28.184342.16983@cdsac.uucp>
  6. NntpPostingHost: cdsac
  7. Date: 28 Dec 1992 18:43:42 GMT
  8. References: <92358.123359BILMIN@TREARN.BITNET>
  9. Organization: CableData (U.S. Computer Services), Sacramento, CA
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  12. In article <92358.123359BILMIN@TREARN.BITNET> <BILMIN@TREARN.BITNET> writes:
  13. >Hello .
  14. >
  15. >What is the difference between tar and tar.Z files ?
  16. >
  17. >What is ps.Z file ?
  18.  
  19. ".Z" is a cannonicalized suffix for files run through the 'compress' utility.
  20. To decompress them, just run the 'uncompress' utility on them, and you will
  21. be left with an uncompressed file without the ".Z".
  22.  
  23. Hope this helps,
  24.  
  25.  
  26.                L. Scott Emmons
  27.               CableData  Research Center
  28.              csusac.csus.edu!cdsac!scotte
  29.                 KC6NFP
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