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Uncompressing mainframe files

Post by Joe Fisch » Sun, 05 May 1996 04:00:00



  Anybody know of a Un*x utility to uncompress a mainframe file?  I have
a bunch of tapes that came from an MVS system where the data was
compressed before writing to tape.  Naturally, I'd like to read the tapes
through my Sun/Solaris system and uncompress the files.
  I'm not a mainframer, but if I knew what kind of compression scheme
they use, I could probably work up something on the Unix side.
  Thanks bunches.
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Joe Fischer          Nothing smart to say,           Galena, Ohio, USA
  WB8TDO              so I won't say it!              (central Ohio)

 
 
 
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