[NTLUG:Discuss] regarding a zip'd file

[Fred James]

The zip'd file in question, it has a couple of curious features to its 
creation.  I am not sure why the contortions but here is how it is made:
(1) First of course there are a bunch of text files created by the a script.
(2) These text files are tar'd together, but without the .tar extension 
(I know the .tar is not required but is normally included).
(3) The tar file is then compressed using the command "compress" which 
generates a file with a .Z extension (note the capital Z)
(4) Finally, the compressed file is renamed to change the .Z to .z 
(note, capital to lower case)
This is all done on a UNIX system.

Does anyone have a guess as to why?

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