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From: frank@hpuamsa.UUCP (Frank Slootweg CRC)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: LZEXE - Is it too good to be true?
Message-ID: <7620006@hpuamsa.UUCP>
Date: 12 Apr 90 15:00:27 GMT
References: <4953@vanuata.cs.glasgow.ac.uk>
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Abdenacer Moussaoui writes:

> Say I have software in \123 \AUTOCAD \VENTURA \WINDOW which I use once
> a while, it would be nice to have a program run at regular intervals
> that would compress these directories (say using ZIP) if they have not
> been reference since X days.  Another utiliy would uncompress them on
> demand after checking there is enough disk space before starting the
> de-compression.  This would provide more space then just compessing
> binaries.

  I think you are looking for DCOMPRES and PCMANAGE from PC Magazine. I
have never used them and have no detailed reference at the moment (I am
in a hurry to go on vacation). Mail me if you can't find it anywhere.

Frank Slootweg, frank@hpuamsa.hp.com