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haeman
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‎04-16-2008 02:43 AM

‎04-16-2008 02:43 AM

uncompress file

I have a file its extension is .z type , it should be compressed , how to uncompress it ? thx
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Change_happens
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‎04-16-2008 04:01 AM

‎04-16-2008 04:01 AM

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Re: uncompress file

gzip/gunzip or uncompress can do that.
did u even try TAR? tar -xzvf
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Steven Schweda
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‎04-16-2008 07:06 AM

‎04-16-2008 07:06 AM

Re: uncompress file

"man compress" (or "man uncompress").

Uncompress normally expects ".Z" (not ".z").

> did u even try TAR? tar -xzvf

Who said that it was a compressed "tar"
archive?

Do grown-ups actually spell "you" as "u"
nowadays? I must be old.
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