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Subject: Re: compress tablebases - how?

Author: Nisse Persson

Date: 07:58:51 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
>
>Yes, Sorry.  My desire to help got in the way of my ignorance.  Maybe someone
>else can help?
>Jim Walker

No problem. Thanks for your response. I finally got it to work! :)

/McRiley



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