Quick Doc written by drink@inkpot.UUCP (drink@deeptht.armory.com) Okay, what we have here is two files, the 12 bit and 16 bit versions. If the file is copied to two more files, uncompre.exe and zcat.exe (either file can be copied in this manner) and the appropriate file is renamed to compress.exe then you have the full set of compress utils. The program looks at env. variable %0, which is the first word on the entry line, to see what it should do. compress compresses files, whether binary or text, and either adds a z onto the end of the extension, or replaces the third letter of the extension with z. Under Unix, it tacks a .Z onto the end of the filename. uncompre(ss) decompresses the files, and strips the trailing z off of the extension. A file with an extension of .exz will need to be renamed *.exe later. zcat types files to the screen. If you have a compressed textfile, you can type `zcat filename | more' to read it, paginated. The 12 bit version is for low memory systems. It's faster, but files coming off of unix or xenix systems will most likely be compressed in 16 bit form. Enjoy.
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