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Subject: Re: Netscape...tar.gz and .Z
To: binhdo@binhdo.home.cs.ubc.ca (Binh Do)
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 22:48:54 +0100 (MET)
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From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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> 
> 
> Hello. i notice that there are 2 files for each Unix-vesrion Netscape, tar.gz
> and .Z. I understand that they are the same, just because of the different
> sizes of compress and gzip. Am I correct? Thanks,

Correct. .Z is for those who don't have gnu gzip installed. Nearly
every commercial unix comes with compress/uncompress. It's just for
convenience.


> 
> Binh.
> 

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de