Nope:
Please note: the two functions defined above [compress and uncompress] are not compatible with the Unix commands of the same name.
.Z files are created with the old Unix utility "compress". While the gzip utility can uncompress .Z files, it doesn't look like the Zlib-based stuff can, though I could be wrong about that.

Archive::Tar recommends you get an external utility (uncompress or gzip) to handle .Z files.

Compress::LZW expects to handle the files in a future release, but not yet.

Caution: Contents may have been coded under pressure.

In reply to Re: Uncompressing a .Z AIX-UNIX file on Windows using perl by Roy Johnson
in thread Uncompressing a .Z AIX-UNIX file on Windows using perl by curciod

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