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find-file-maybe-uncompress? (for Gnu under unix)

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From: Robert C. Schrag
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 16:15
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Does anybody have a version of find-file (or find-file-noselect) that
will automatically uncompress the file, if it has the .Z suffix?

My installation routinely compresses all files that have not been
touched after 2 months; it's a pain to deal with them individually.

Thanks,
Bob

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From: schrag@cs.utexas.edu (Robert C. Schrag)
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Subject: find-file-maybe-uncompress? (for Gnu under unix)
Date: 7 Jan 1993 10:15:37 -0600
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