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Re: gzip

In article <1993Oct5.024856.29835@coplex.coplex.com>, Dan Crutcher writes...
> 
> I was told by the sysop that gzip was a Unix program. He offered to
> send me a DOS version of a program that would extract these files, but
> of course that does me no good. So: is there an A2 version?

    I wouldn't waste my time porting gzip.  If you don't already have
gunzip on your UNIX system, try compiling it (or ask your sysop to do
it) to undo these archives.  Then use regular 'compress' to squeeze the
files before downloading.
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