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Re: What is a .zip file? How can I anzip it?

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From: Stephen M. Smith
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 1990 20:18
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In article <1500@ariadne.csi.forth.GR> nicolas@csi.forth.gr 
(Nicolas Chrissakis) writes:
>
>I have a .zip file and I want to unzip it. Is this a compressed file?
>I am using a Sun 3/60, Sun Os Ver 4.0.3. Is there a program that unzips
>the file? This is a VMS or Dos compress format?
>
>E-mail: nicolas@csi.forth.gr

I'm posting this so others can benefit.  A listing of the file
extensions for compressed files along with a key and explanation on
how to uncompress them can be found in the monthly posting in this 
newsgroup under the subject "Frequently Asked Questions".  It is
a good idea to make a hard copy of this posting so you can refer
to it from time to time (it treats a variety of subjects and points
you toward other sources for answering various questions).

To find this posting, go to the beginning of this newsgroup (by
entering "1" to designate which posting you want to read), then
enter the following:

            /Frequent/r

This will scan foward all previously read articles for the string
"Frequent" and should take you immediately to the appropriate posting.
At least this works on my machine (unix), so you may need to see
how to perform searches on your system if yours is different.

Sorry if this posting is elementary.

S. Smith <smsmith@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu>

P.S.--Nicolas: I spent the year in Greece in 1988-89. Great time!
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From: smsmith@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: What is a .zip file? How can I anzip it?
Keywords: zip file, compress, unzip
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