Re: what to do with a *.bsq.Z file...

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <carl.288.0@busop.cit.wayne.edu> carl@busop.cit.wayne.edu (carl@busop.cit.wayne.edu) writes:
>
>Can anyone tell me what to do with a *.bsq.Z file.  I know the Z is unix 
>decompress (Does anyone have one for the Mac or GS???).  What is BSQ?  Is it 
>BINSCII?  Please help.  THank you
>
    Right on both counts. To uncompress the .Z compression (start at the end
and work backwards to properly remove th evarious compressions), use GSHK
(GS-Shrinkit). I know version 1.1 (available via ftp from ftp.apple.com)
handles .Z files just fine; I believe otherversions also support decompressing
.Z's as well.
   A suffix of .bsq means that the file was first shrunk then binscii'd. To
reverse this, put the file through a binscii converter (Binscii for the //e,
GSCII+ nda for the IIGS, or sscii for orca/gno shells), then feed it back
into GSHK or its //e cousin, Shrink-it.


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