http://www.fmi.uni-passau.de/archive/doc/unix/unixhelp/Unixhelp/utilities2_trans1.2.2.html (Einblicke ins Internet, 10/1995)To restore files that have been compressed with the compress command use the uncompress command. For example:
uncompress filename(s)
Uncompressing a file removes the compressed version of the file. To preserve the compressed .Z file and recreate the original use the zcat command.