NAME

       mscompress - compress data using LZ77 algorithm

SYNOPSIS

       mscompress [ -h ]
       mscompress [ -V ]
       mscompress [ name ...  ]

DESCRIPTION

       Mscompress reduces the size of the named files using Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77).  Each input file  is compressed to
       file  eding  with  underscore  and  original  file remains untouched. Output files then can be decompressed using
       Microsoft EXPAND.EXE utility or msexpand(1). In other words, mscompress(1) is binary compatible with  Microsoft's
       COMPRESS.EXE

BUGS

       Mscompress cannot compress standard input as gzip(1) or compress(1) do.

AUTHORS

       This program is written by Martin Hinner, <mhi@penguin.cz>
       Algorithm & data structures by M. Winterhoff <100326.2776@compuserve.com>

DOWNLOAD

       mscompress package is available at ftp.penguin.cz/pub/users/mhi/.

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