Author: Graham Laight
Date: 09:50:46 11/06/00
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Searchable database! (well - I might as well ask...) On November 06, 2000 at 12:15:02, Tim Mirabile wrote: >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?
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