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Subject: Re: compress tablebases - how?

Author: Nisse Persson

Date: 02:54:30 06/06/99

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>>Hi,
>>
>>I have generated quite afew tablebases with eugenes tbgen from the craft ftp
>>site and now I want to compress them. But how do you do that?
>>The readme file says I need to compile and link the Datacomp file, but I dont
>>know how to do that. I tried 'gcc Datacomp.c' but it just gave me:
>>
>>Datacomp.c:9: complib.h: no such file or directory.
>>
>>Could somebody please help out?
>>
>>Nisse
>
>Hello Nisse,
>If you go back to Crafty FTP site and the TB directory you will find two files
>at the bottom of the page.  Anyway download the tbexe.zip file.  It will have
>all you need to compress the files.  Aftere unzipping the files, copy the
>"datacomp.exe" into the directory where the tablebases are located. Then you
>just give the command:
>
>datacomp e:8192 <filename>.
>
>This will compress the tb filename you give it.  You must do this for each file
>(wtm & btm).
>Jim Walker


Thanks for your response.
But they are not for Linux, right? I think I have to use the fiels in tbgen.zip.
I managed to compile and use/run the 'tbgen' file but I cant seem to get the
Datacomp file.



>PS there is another table base generator available that generates them
>compressed if you desire.  I think it will also come with the new Hiarcs 7.32
>program.

Also not for Linux I presume. :(

/Nisse



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