Timothy J Massey wrote at about 16:51:34 -0500 on Thursday, February 9, 2012:
 > Hello!
 > 
 > I've set up a new backup server, and for the first time I haven't disabled 
 > compression.  BackupPC is now creating log files in (what it is claiming 
 > is) .z format.  How do I read these?  I've tried zcat ("not in gzip 
 > format"), uncompress (no error, but no file), and unzip (end of central 
 > directory not found).  "file XferLog.0.z" says that this file is "data" 
 > (which doesn't help...).
 > 
 > So, how do I read these files, and even better:  

/usr/share/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_zcat
(exact location may be different on your system)

 > how do I go back to my plaintext logs?
I don't believe you can. The logs are pooled and hence when
compression is turned on they are compressed and stored in the cpool.

 > (I *knew* there were great reasons why I have always immediately disable 
 > compresson on all of my backup servers!  :)  )

It's really not a big deal...

 > 
 > Tim Massey
 > 
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