.TH UNCOMPACT 1 3/15/79 .UC .SH NAME uncompact \- uncompress files .SH SYNOPSIS .B uncompact [ name ... ] .SH DESCRIPTION .I Uncompact restores the original file from a file compressed by .I compact. If no file names are given, then the standard input is uncompacted to the standard output. .SH DIAGNOSTICS Messages about unopenable files, etc. Files which were compressed using pack are noted. .SH "SEE ALSO" compact (1), ccat (1) .sp Gallager, Robert G., "Variations on a Theme of Huffman", .I I.E.E.E. .I Transactions .I on .I Information .I Theory, vol. IT-24, no. 6, November 1978, pp. 668 - 674. .SH AUTHOR Colin L. Mc Master .SH BUGS