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Old 05-14-2007, 03:37 PM   #1
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how can I create .Z archives


I have found a lot of .z files I can open them but I was wonder how to create them? can it be done with tar or gzip or is there a special program for createing them
thanks in advance
 
Old 05-14-2007, 03:39 PM   #2
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.Z is a "compress"'d archive. (Use the 'compress' program, and conversely uncompress to uncompress them)

.gz generally has better compression, and .bz2 still better yet.
 
  


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