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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/.