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		  Getting GNU Software, 21 Mar 93
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* GNU and the Free Software Foundation

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* What format are the *.gz files in?

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Therefore, the GNU Project has chosen a new compression utility,
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The gzip program is available from any GNU mirror site in shar, tar,
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* Available Software

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