Read a .Z file (unix compresses file) in Java

Question

Hello,

The said file extension is explained here at http://kb.iu.edu/data/abck.html. I want to use a java api to read the contents of a Z file. Neither the ZipFile api or the GZIPInputStream seem to work. I can use the ZipFile api to open normal .zip files.

ZipFile zf = new ZipFile("CR93H2.Z");
Enumeration entries = zf.entries();

To add, the said .Z file opens up fine in winrar.

Does anyone know about the solution to it.

Thanks

Answer 1

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2424998/how-can-i-do-lzw-decoding-in-java has some links.