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Date:      Thu, 3 Oct 2002 11:42:08 +1000
From:      Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To:        MET <met@uberstats.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Command: compress || Issues
Message-ID:  <20021003014208.GF930@k7.mavetju>
In-Reply-To: <002901c26a76$557b62f0$0200a8c0@SURVIVAL>
References:  <002901c26a76$557b62f0$0200a8c0@SURVIVAL>

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On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 08:46:39PM -0400, MET wrote:
> I'm attempting to compress a file as I'm attempting to upload it.  Oddly
> this is for a class project.  However, the command just isn't working.
> Below is what I'm typing.
> 
>    compress lab5.tar
> 
> I can see that it begins to make the file, but once the execution is
> done the file disappears.  Any ideas anyone?

It should popup as lab5.tar.Z. See also the man-page of compress
for more information.

Edwin

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