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Article #4570Re: Getting more space on Sonata.
From: Greg Colello
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 01:41
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 01:41
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In article <1993Jan20.222852.125885@zeus.calpoly.edu> Alex Raftis writes: > Dmitri Linde writes > >I suggest sonata start using zip or Squash for compression. It is > >trivial to write a shell script which would uncompress and untar a file > >and zip it. This way we could squize about 1.5 times as much on sonata. > I hope nobody does this. The reason is simple. Both GatorFTP+ and the Next File Viewer have a built-in understanding of .tar and .Z. This is very convenient. Going to something else removes this advantage. How about this...Why do all the archives have the same stuff? How about splitting up responsibilities? ----------------------------------------------------------------- Greg Colello Carnegie Institution, Department of Plant Biology Stanford University gcolello@biosphere.stanford.edu (NeXT mail OK)
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!nntp.Stanford.EDU!news From: gcolello@biosphere.Stanford.EDU (Greg Colello) Subject: Re: Getting more space on Sonata. Message-ID: <1993Jan22.014136.8664@leland.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News) Organization: DSO, Stanford University References: <1993Jan20.222852.125885@zeus.calpoly.edu> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 01:41:36 GMT Lines: 18