Uncompress a .z file

[mathog at seqaxp.bio.caltech.edu]

In article <60q29s$ofv$1 at castor.dnai.com>, "John Monahan" <monahan at dnai.com> writes:
> This is my second attempt. Could somebody out there direct me to source
>code that allows one to decompress a .z file.   Files of this type seem to
>be common on UNIX machines.

Since these are common I guess you .Z (case matters on Unix).  If you are
on a Unix system try "uncompress" or "zcat". On other systems, use "gunzip"
(found at virtually all Gnu sites.) 

Regards,

David Mathog
mathog at seqaxp.bio.caltech.edu
Manager, sequence analysis facility, biology division, Caltech