Subject: Re: In need of models, ftp help
From: Ernie Wright <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 23:58:44 -0400 (EDT)

> The Z extension is a unix file compression call tar. pkunzip will only 
> uncompress files that have a .zip extension. When you logon to a FTP
> site there should be a README file that explains about the .Z 

Lots of people here know this already, but for those that don't, Unix tar
(Tape ARchive) format is just a way to collect multiple files into one.
The compression is done by a program called, oddly enough, "compress."
It's not unusual to find a filename with ".tar.Z" at the end, indicating
a file that was assembled by tar and then compressed with compress.

- Ernie

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