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gcolello@biosphere.Stanford.EDU (Greg Colello) writes:

>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.

	*NOT*

I don't know if actually ever used a NeXT but if you had you would know that
once you've run an app then that app will register which extensions that
Workspace will recognize and which will cause that particular app to be
launched. Hence, once you launched UnSquash it will "register" the extensions
.squfold, .squ etc. so that next time you click on a Sqashed folder UnSquash
will automagically UnSquash the Squashed folder. Considering UnSquash is free
(although Squash isn't) doesn't really "remove any advantages". Sorry for the
mild antagonism.

I'm not advocating the use of Squash/UnSquash in particular since these are
commercial products, even though for text files and such the compression ratio
is much higher than ordinary tar/compress. However I do like the compression
achieved with Squash.

BTW, has anybody heard of the "new" GNU compressor 'gzip', I think it is
called. Does it use similar algorithms as Squash? Probably not the right forum
to ask however... B^)

>Greg Colello

		-Mike
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