Re: *.Z compression

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From: Gert Kanis
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 11:48

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In article <1993Jan3.233757.22682@tdb.uu.se> m91der@tdb.uu.se
 (Daniel Eriksson) writes:
=>Paul Chan (chanp@ccu.umanitoba.ca) wrote:
=>:In article <A6780@M4.maus.de> Achim_Wilhelm@m4.maus.de writes:
=>: 	*.Z --> use uncompress
=>: 	*.F --> use freeze -d
=>
=>And while we're discussing extensions:
=>
=>        *.z (lower-case) --> use GNU ZIP
=>
=>It's supposed to become the new standard for the GNU-project. I can now
=>see LOTS and LOTS of people wondering where to get an Atari-version of

And how are we gonna see the difference between .Z and .z under TOS
on the Ataries?
What's wrong with the old .ZIP extension ?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!targon!gert
From: gert@targon.UUCP (Gert Kanis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: *.Z compression
Summary: .Z & .z extension
Keywords: compress zip
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Date: 8 Jan 93 11:48:36 GMT
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