> I need to use the old fashioned UNIX "compress" for some apps I work > with. Since I've updated to SUSE 10 (on Friday last week), I haven't > been able to find it... I have the man page for compress, but the > compress binary is missing from /usr/bin. > > Have I completely missed the obvious here? I can't find > compress on the > DVD, on the SUSE ftp site, on the APT repositories. > > I can use a workaround - ie by editing certain install scripts and > pointing uncompress to zcat, or compiling my own copy of comress, but > that doesn't solve the core problem that compress/uncompress > is missing > - or at least I can't find it. > > I need to use compress to maintain multi-Unix platform > compatibility win > an app that the department creates... I can't guarantee that > alternative > such as gzip (for example) are available in Solaris, AIX etc. But... > normally compress is everywhere... except in SUSE 10? > > Any suggestions?
I'm not sure, but i thought that gzip can handle compressed files.... Stephan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
