Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!porthos.rutgers.edu!friedman From: friedman@porthos.rutgers.edu (Gadi ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: SHRINKIT Keywords: unix Message-ID: Date: 20 Jun 89 17:12:11 GMT Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 27 I have started writing a program to extract shrinkit files under Unix. I have a few question. 1. Does anyone have a description the Dynamic LZW algorithm so I can uncompress the data? 2. I noticed that there is 32 bits reserved for threads. Does this mean that 2^32 threads are possible?. As all the threads of a file are read in before any data is extracted, it is possible to run out of memory. Why wasn't each thread put in the beginning of its data so that the threads can be handled sequentionally? 3. Why is there no CRC of the data? A CRC for the headers is calculated. I tried sending mail to andyn@pro-sol, but it bounced back. I also tried sending mail to nicolaA@moravian.edu but got no reply. Gadi -- uucp: {ames,att,harvard,ucbvax,iuvax}!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!friedman arpa: FRIEDMAN@ARAMIS.RUTGERS.EDU