On Aug 30, 12:20pm, SIMPKINS, Terry wrote:
> Subject: help with posix "uncompress"
> I am trying to "uncompress" a file in the posix file space, I keep gett=
ing a
> "not found" message.  I made sure I was in the /WWW/WWW directory, but
> thought "what the hey, specify it anyway".
>
>
> shell/iX> uncompress /WWW/WWW/httpd_1.3.tar.Z
> uncompress: not found
> shell/iX> uncompress /WWW/WWW/httpd_1.3.tar
> uncompress: not found
 
It works for me:
 
shell/iX> callci showme
USER: #S514,MGR.JEFFNM,PUB       (IN PROGRAM)
RELEASE: X.55.20   MPE/iX HP31900 C.05.07   USER VERSION: X.55.20
CURRENT: FRI, AUG 30, 1996, 10:34 AM
=2E...
 
shell/iX> echo "Line            1                 2               3" >>fo=
o
shell/iX> echo "Line            1                 2               3" >>fo=
o
shell/iX> echo "Line            1                 2               3" >>fo=
o
 
shell/iX> cat foo
Line            1                 2               3
Line            1                 2               3
Line            1                 2               3
 
shell/iX> compress foo foo.Z
shell/iX> ls -l foo*
-rw-rw----   1 MGR.JEFFNM        JEFFNM        47 Aug 30 17:36 foo.Z
shell/iX>
shell/iX> cat foo.Z
shell/iX> c \=B8P=C3=873=F8=F0=A0=C2=8Ab<q"=C1=8D7=D4(DD    <-- seems com=
pressed...
shell/iX>
shell/iX> uncompress foo.Z
shell/iX> cat foo*
Line            1                 2               3
Line            1                 2               3
Line            1                 2               3
shell/iX>
shell/iX> whence uncompress
/bin/uncompress                   <-- shell finds uncompress here
shell/iX>
shell/iX> callci listfile `whence uncompress`,7  <- can mix in shell meta=
 ops
                                                    in the middle of MPE =
cmds!
 ********************
 FILE: /bin/uncompress
 
 SYMLINK TARGET:/SYS/HPBIN/UNCOMPRE    <- this is the program being run b=
y
                                          "uncompress"
shell/iX>
shell/iX> callci listf uncompre.hpbin.sys,2
ACCOUNT=3D  SYS         GROUP=3D  HPBIN
 
FILENAME  CODE  ------------LOGICAL RECORD-----------  ----SPACE----
                  SIZE  TYP        EOF      LIMIT R/B  SECTORS #X MX
 
UNCOMPRE  NMPRG   128W  FB         628        628   1      640  1  8
 
 
 
So it seems to work on an early 5.5 version of MPE.
 
 
regards,
Jeff Vance, CSY
 
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