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From: mmccall@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu (Malinda McCall)
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Subject: Re: TALK: .gz help?
Date: 28 Mar 1994 15:39:10 -0500
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What do you do with files ending in .zip, .sit, or .asc??
I've been wondering.
Usually for .gz files, if I'm getting them from anon ftp, I do
this:
spot file I want
  file.gz
and type 
  get file
without the .gz and it does all the work for me. Usually.