Creating a .Z file (Compression)

[Realign]

Please forgive me, I am unfamiliar with the Unix world. I have a directory which stores .Z files. I can open these files, and search for what I need, but I am lost when it comes time to make them a .Z file again. The compress command doesn’t work, and gzip changes the name to gz.Z. I know its just a silly command I am missing. Can you please help?

200712020000.std.Z
200712020000.Z
200712030000.std.Z
200712030000.Z
200712040000.std.Z
200712040000.Z
200712050000 <-- This is the file I need to convert back to a .Z file.
200712050000.std.Z

001: /usr/sbc/data_sent $ compress 200712050000
ksh: compress: not found

 

[KenCunningham]

Perhaps it's not in your path? As far as I know it should be /usr/bin/compress. You could try the full path:

/usr/bin/compress 200712050000

HTH.

I want to be good, is that not enough?

 

[KenCunningham]

Sorry - that's based on Solaris 8. You could try:

find / -name compress to check where yours is.

I want to be good, is that not enough?

 

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200712050000
find: compress: No such file or directory
xe08aux001: /usr/sbc/data_sent $

I am just batting zero.

 

[columb]

This raises an interesting question - how did they get compressed in the first place - and how are you uncomressing them? What command do you use to 'open' the file?

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Columb Healy

 

[mrn]

What version of Unix?

Mike

"Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters."