From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Help decompress Z
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 12:23:48 -0700
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Ralph Proctor wrote:

> Please help!! I cannot decompress a Z extension file. No problem with
> GZ.
> Just Z.
> I tried GZIP, GUNZIP, and UNTARDOS with no success.

gunzip should have no problem decompressing Unix compress (Z) files.

Note that z files (lowercase Z) are different; they're Infocom Z machine
files, which need to be run through an interpreter (they aren't
compressed in any case).

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