Unix compress (.Z) files

[Peter Smith]

Hi:

Are there any utilities in Python which can uncompress a file zipped
on a unix system using "compress"? I tried playing around with zlib
and was not successful. Also I am trying not to use the OS
(os.popen('compress > file.Z','w') call. I am using Python 2.3.3.

If you have the exact syntax that would be great.

Thanks.