08-05-2005
find <dirname> -name \*.Z -exec uncompress {} \;
Where <dirname> is the top level of where all your compressed files are.
If you dont have access to find then its possible to do it quickly using the same basic command for each level of dir present.
uncompress *.Z
uncompress */*.Z
uncompress */*/*.Z
etc ...
Otherwise you need a lslightly awkward shell script to recurse into and uncompress all the files.
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archive_write_add_filter_program
ARCHIVE_WRITE_FILTER(3) BSD Library Functions Manual ARCHIVE_WRITE_FILTER(3)
NAME
archive_write_add_filter_bzip2, archive_write_add_filter_compress, archive_write_add_filter_gzip, archive_write_add_filter_lzip,
archive_write_add_filter_lzma, archive_write_add_filter_none, archive_write_add_filter_program, archive_write_add_filter_xz
LIBRARY
Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive)
SYNOPSIS
#include <archive.h>
int
archive_write_add_filter_bzip2(struct archive *);
int
archive_write_add_filter_compress(struct archive *);
int
archive_write_add_filter_gzip(struct archive *);
int
archive_write_add_filter_lzip(struct archive *);
int
archive_write_add_filter_lzma(struct archive *);
int
archive_write_add_filter_none(struct archive *);
int
archive_write_add_filter_program(struct archive *, const char * cmd);
int
archive_write_add_filter_xz(struct archive *);
DESCRIPTION
archive_write_add_filter_bzip2(), archive_write_add_filter_compress(), archive_write_add_filter_gzip(), archive_write_add_filter_lzip(),
archive_write_add_filter_lzma(), archive_write_add_filter_xz(),
The resulting archive will be compressed as specified. Note that the compressed output is always properly blocked.
archive_write_add_filter_none()
This is never necessary. It is provided only for backwards compatibility.
archive_write_add_filter_program()
The archive will be fed into the specified compression program. The output of that program is blocked and written to the client
write callbacks.
RETURN VALUES
These functions return ARCHIVE_OK on success, or ARCHIVE_FATAL.
ERRORS
Detailed error codes and textual descriptions are available from the archive_errno() and archive_error_string() functions.
SEE ALSO
tar(1), libarchive(3), archive_write(3), archive_write_format(3), archive_write_set_options(3), cpio(5), mtree(5), tar(5)
BSD
February 2, 2012 BSD