dired-compress gives wrong error message with linked files

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From: danj1
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 1990 20:37

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Run dired on a directory with some files with more than one link.

Move to one of those linked files, and type "C", e.g., on ".xxxrc"
I get
	.xxxrc.Z not found
instead of say, a more reasonable
	.xxxrc:  -- has 1 other links: unchanged

emacs-version 18.55.13 on system V unix.

Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM  Naperville IL USA  +1 708 979 6364

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