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Article #644Re: Problem with compress
From: Dan Bernstein
Date: Tue, 14 May 1991 16:52
Date: Tue, 14 May 1991 16:52
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(I'm not sure whether this is appropriate for comp.compression.) In article <1991May14.044431.23932@sparky.IMD.Sterling.COM> kent@sparky.IMD.Sterling.COM (Kent Landfield) writes: > I received an interesting question today, one I had never really considered. > "How does compress deal with symbolic links ?" compress isn't a BSD program. It uses stat(), and its behavior makes perfect sense. I think compressors should ignore problems like this. They shouldn't open files, they shouldn't close files, they shouldn't do anything but read data and write compressed data. This also makes them more portable. A separate, system-dependent program can do the dirty work. ---Dan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!rutgers!cmcl2!kramden.acf.nyu.edu!brnstnd From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs,comp.compression Subject: Re: Problem with compress Message-ID: <26085:May1416:52:3491@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Date: 14 May 91 16:52:34 GMT Article-I.D.: kramden.26085:May1416:52:3491 References: <1991May14.044431.23932@sparky.IMD.Sterling.COM> Organization: IR Lines: 15