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- From: Frank Hoffmann <fh.pad@sni.de>
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- Subject: Re: Newbie question: '.Z' extensions
- Date: 21 Jan 93 12:41:05 GMT
- Organization: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG, Paderborn, Germany
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- brownea@cc.uvcc.edu writes:
-
- > I know this is a Newbie question, if you want to flame, go ahead, just
- >include an answer, PLEASE!
- >
- > I have gotten a file from an FTP site. It has an '.Z' extension, and
- >(therefore) is unusable yet. I have the file on a pc 3.5" disk since we don't
- >have disk space on the VAX. Can anybody give me any clues to make this file
- >useful? If needs be, I can get the VAX manager to convert it for me, and give
- >me the changed file(s), but he hasn't had much experience with FTP.
- > Your help (even helpful heat) is appreciated:
- > brownea@cc.uvcc.edu
-
- Transfer it to your VAX, issue "uncompress <filename>" and enjoy the result.
-
- (Probably it was also being packed by something like tar or cpio. You have
- to check that after the uncompress.)
-
- hope this helps
-
- frank
-
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