pack vs. compress

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From: Gil Fuchs
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 1990 00:05

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howdi net,

compress works on any length filenames.  Why doesn't pack do the same???
what can be done about it (assuming one doesn't want to shorten the file names)

thanks   
-gil

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Subject: pack vs. compress
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