what are .z files?

[Thad P Floryan]

afsipmh at cidsv01.cid.aes.doe.CA in <1991Jan9.180823.20939 at cid.aes.doe.CA> writes
:

	I have this overwhelming feeling that this is a dumb questtion
	but, what are .z files (they are not compress type .Z files)?

The *.z files I've seen on SysV are those created/manipulated by the trio:

	pack, unpack, pcat

Similar to the *.Z trio (but different algorithms):

	compress, uncompress, zcat

Of note, also, is the fact the {pack, unpack, pcat} trio is NOT ln'd together
as are the members of the {compress, uncompress, zcat} trio.

Thad Floryan [ thad at cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]