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Re: While we're on the subject on uncompression...

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From: dwa... Dwayne Springfield
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 18:24
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Alexis Manning (Alexis....@durham.ac.uk) wrote:
: I've seen a lot of people asking how to uncompress .z, .Z, and .tar 
: files. Well, here's one for you: I've been e-mailed a program, which, 
: when uudecoded, turns into a .tar.gz file. What do I need to uncompress a 
: .gz file?

: Alexis.
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There is a set of programs available under unix ( I don't know about other OSs)
that are called gzip and gunzip (gnu guys wrote them (gcc, bison, et al)).
Anyway... that is what you need to deel with a gz file.

l8r,
dwayne
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Subject: Re: While we're on the subject on uncompression...
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