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Re: Stupid Question but don't know the answer.

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From: Michael Strates
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 00:00
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On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, Marc Wiriadisastra wrote:

MW> 1. The apc magazines cd that have linux files on them are compressed
MW> using something other than gunzip I know that cause I'm having problems
MW> with the latest magazine and also with Netscape when I load up the

You'll find the compression program is called BZip and creates files with
the extentions .bz and .bz2. I haven't seen the CD myself, but it seems
more than likely that they'd use bzip (it compresses smaller generally).

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