Pack (Unix)

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'''pack''' is a command in Unix-style operating systems to compress files using [[Huffman coding]]. Files normally have a .z extension, appended to their names including any other extension they may already have in their uncompressed versions, e.g., '''file.txt.z'''.
 
'''pack''' is a command in Unix-style operating systems to compress files using [[Huffman coding]]. Files normally have a .z extension, appended to their names including any other extension they may already have in their uncompressed versions, e.g., '''file.txt.z'''.
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== See also ==
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* [[compress]] - A compressed file format with a similar filename extension
  
 
== Software ==
 
== Software ==

Revision as of 17:27, 8 May 2013

File Format
Name Pack (Unix)
Ontology
Extension(s) .z

pack is a command in Unix-style operating systems to compress files using Huffman coding. Files normally have a .z extension, appended to their names including any other extension they may already have in their uncompressed versions, e.g., file.txt.z.

See also

  • compress - A compressed file format with a similar filename extension

Software

  • gzip can uncompress pack files.

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