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Article #4955Re: HELP: gnuchess.bk1.z
From: Tim Mann
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 1994 03:11
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 1994 03:11
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> From: mhale@ac.dal.ca (Dr. Michael Hale) > > I recently obtained gnuchess-4.0.pl70.tar from chess.uoknor.edu. > When I extracted the archived files, I had gnuchess.bk1.z in > gnuchess-4.0.pl70/book. The '.z' suffix suggests that the file > has been 'pack'ed, however unpack claims that the file is not in > packed format. > > How do I use this file? I have finished (pretty much) getting > the source compiled and I have no opening book to use! Do "make install" to build the book. This uncompresses the book for you. The book is in gzip format, despite the ".z" extension. ".z" was used with early versions of gzip. The poster who said that you have to ftp the book separately was incorrect. The book has been incorporated back into the main distribution. --Tim
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