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- From: twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce)
- Subject: Re: Newbie question: '.Z' extensions
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- References: <1993Jan20.094245.1@cc.uvcc.edu> <frank.727620065@fam168>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:02:44 GMT
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- In article <frank.727620065@fam168> Frank Hoffmann <fh.pad@sni.de> writes:
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- >brownea@cc.uvcc.edu writes:
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- >> 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.
- >
- >Transfer it to your VAX, issue "uncompress <filename>" and enjoy the result.
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- If he's on a VMS system, it's not going to be quite that easy.
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