Author: Ernst A. Heinz
Date: 09:23:07 11/06/00
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Hi Tim, >It has been suggested that by using the CAB format instead of the ZIP format, >compression ratios for the monthly archives could be greatly improved, resulting >in file sizes about 1/3 of what they are now. This is probably since ZIP only >compresses the individual files and not across multiple files, so it is not the >best way to compress lots of small text files. > >Windows users have several means to extract CAB files, but I am concerned that >people using other platforms would have problems with this format. If the CAB >format is not universal enough, I would consider other compression formats which >compress across multiple files. Any ideas or suggestions? If I am not mistaken, compressing _whole_ file archives (e.g. tar'ed) instead of multiple single files solves the problem in a convenient way for everybody. =Ernst=
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