.oooooo.   ooooo          .oooooo.          .o.
             d8P'  `Y8b  `888'         d8P'  `Y8b        .888.
            888      888  888         888               .8"888.
            888      888  888         888              .8' `888.
            888      888  888         888     ooooo   .88ooo8888.
            `88b    d88'  888       o `88.    .88'   .8'     `888.
             `Y8bood8P'  o888ooooood8  `Y8bood8P'   o88o     o8888o

COMPRESSION
***********
Most of the On-Line Guitar Archive sites 'compress' their files.  
Here's how to deal with files that have a .Z or .gz extension.
For greater detail, see Ryan Harding's bi-weekly FAQ 'Guide to 
the Tab Archives'

First of all: When getting files that have a .Z or .gz extension,
you must use binary mode. Many MAC/PC programs do this
automatically; on UNIX, simply type 'bin' before 'get'ing.

The two types of compression are: 	
	Extension	Compressant/Uncompressant
	---------	-------------------------
	.Z		compress/uncompress
	.gz		gzip/gunzip

UNIX
****
If you are using manual FTP on UNIX, simply 'get' the
name of the song WITHOUT the .Z or .gz extension,
and the file will be uncompressed as it is dowloaded.
i.e 	get filename.crd
		NOT
	get filename.crd.Z

If you are on unix and forget to do this, 'uncompress'
and 'gunzip' are standard unix utilities, so when you
get back to your account just type
        uncompress filename.crd.Z
or
        gunzip filename.crd.gz

-----------

MAC/PC
******

If you are on a MAC or PC, you need the MAC/PC versions
of these utilities.

Some of these can be found at the Archive in the directory
	./resources/dos_compression
		and
	./resources/mac_compression
and are NOT compressed (with .Z or .gz) at the sites.

Some, however, are in standard Mac/PC formats, and
you will need Stuffit Expander (or some other 'hqx'
utility) on a MAC, or ZIP/UNZIP on a PC.
(They must be taken down in BINARY mode.)

----------

Other Sites for DOS utilities:

tar (.tar)
----------
nisc.jvnc.net/pub/MSDOS/tar for tar
garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/unix/tar4dos.zoo
garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/unix/tar315us.zip (MSDOS exe)
ftp.kiae.su:/msdos/arcers/tar*.exe
oak.oakland.edu:/pub/msdos/starter/tarread.exe
oak.oakland.edu:/pub/msdos/archiver/tar315us.zip

gzip (.gz)
----------
NOTE: g(un)zip also handles .Z files. (so says: 74437.2753@compuserve.com)

nisc.jvnc.net/pub/MSDOS/gnu/gzip-1.2.4.msdos.exe
garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/unix/gzip124.zip   
ftp.aol.com:/pub/compress

compress (.Z)
-------------

oak.oakland.edu:/pub/msdos/compress/comp430[ds].zip
garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/unix/comp430d.zip
garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/source/comp430s.zip

uudecode (*.uue)
----------------
world.std.com/sources/pc/archivers/uuxfer/uuxfer20.zip

************************************************************

For MAC

gzip (*.gz)
-----------
ftp.aol.com:/pub/compress



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rcwoods@alf2.tcd.ie