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From: James Undery <jeundery@glam.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: HELP (again :) ... .. the *.gz files
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 13:20:42 -0800
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Jamie Stanley wrote:

  Hi there... err call me Gumple... but when a do a GZIP -D <file>.gz
  i get the file but its like overrights the orig. filename (minus the

  .gz) and the file just looks a mess...

  any help... *MUCH APPREACHIATED*
  thanks - jamie... cmsjstan@livjm.ac.uk


I would suggest trying 'winzip' which is available from www.winzip.com
or a lot of other shareware sites. The latest version recognises a large
selection of compression formats, and has a simple windows interface.

James