From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1ece2318f24b35a7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Marin D. Condic" Subject: Re: UNIX Compressed Files From A PC Date: 2000/08/14 Message-ID: <3997FBCB.93160DD3@acm.org>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 658127837 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <3995C90A.E72C055F@acm.org> <3995E7D2.DEFF8821@rtd.com> <3996AD0B.64A8C7D6@acm.org> <8n8lk4$78u7@news.kvaerner.com> Organization: Quadrus Corporation X-Sender: "Marin D. Condic" (Unverified) X-Server-Date: 14 Aug 2000 14:02:28 GMT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-08-14T14:02:28+00:00 List-Id: Tarjei T. Jensen wrote: > I have used gzip to decompress .Z files for many years (.z is another older > format). As far as I know the gzip API will not allow you to create a .Z file. > You will have to create a .gz file. On the other hand, gzip compresses better > than compress. > Thanks for that info. I'll have another go around with gzip to see if we can do something with it. Unfortunately, I can't do anything about the compression format. It is what it is and I can't change it because the data is produced by another system/group. But if gzip will recognize the LZW files and decompress them, that may provide an answer. MDC -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic - Quadrus Corporation - http://www.quadruscorp.com/ Send Replies To: m c o n d i c @ q u a d r u s c o r p . c o m Visit my web site at: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Take away the punchbowl just when the party gets going" -- William McChesney Martin, Former Fed chairman, explaining what a sound central bank must always do. ======================================================================