Re: RE: Un-gzip-ing

[JJeffries@psu.edu (Jason Jeffries)]

>bongini@law3.law.ucla.edu (STEPHEN BONGINI) wrote:

>>Where do I get a file to decode files that have been gzipped
>>(.gz extension)

>Extension '.gz' means the file is encoded in an unix version of ZIP. 
>On a unix box, just type 'gunzip filename'.

>On a IIgs, I do not know of a program to handle '.gz' files, but
>there is probably a shell program that runs under GNO or ORCA that
>can handle them.

For 8-bit //'s, there is a program called something like GZ2PKZ, which will 
change the gzip file into a PKZIP file, which can be decompressed with 
Angel. For the GS, the same route is possible using PMPUnzip to decompress 
the file, or use gunzip under GNO (and Orca?)...