On Saturday 2007-08-11 02:36, Marcus Meissner wrote: > On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 01:26:04AM -0400, Ken Jennings wrote: > > openSuse 10.2 > > 2.6.18.8-0.5-default #1 SMP Fri Jun 22 12:17:53 UTC 2007 x86_64 > > GNU/Linux > > > > Is compress/uncompress really not available in the distro? I went to > > install it and Yast Software Management won't show me any package that > > either provides or is named "compress". Oddly, the man pages are > > installed. > > > > Yes, I know compress is a lame, old program. But, I'm working with some > > .Z files from a customer and the normally cooperative zcat objects to > > decompressing and displaying them. Can anyone tell me where to find > > current source for compress? I found a web site with some source > > labelled 4.3d from 1990. "$@(#) compress.c,v 4.3d 90/01/18 03:00:00" > > Is this current? > > .Z should be decompressible with zcat / gunzip just fine.
Thanks. But I'm trying to prove to a client that they did something to their .Z files. The not-entirely-technical management types think I'm suspect if I can't show them something named "compress" with a version number. > "ncompress" contains the old compress/uncompress. Where is that? It does not appear to be part of the distro. A search in Yast shows nothing named ncompress and no RPM that provides ncompress. This site: http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=ncompress shows a number of RPMs for several distros. None of them is a suse. Are the Red Hat RPMs good for openSuse? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
