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From: yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee)
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Subject: Re: Compactor - A reason not to use
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Date: 11 Jan 91 16:36:40 GMT
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In-reply-to: johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu's message of 11 Jan 91 00:10:45 GMT

In article <41386@nigel.ee.udel.edu> johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu writes:
|> In article <1991Jan10.225126.4155@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>, typ125m@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (John Wilkins) writes...
|> >yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee) writes:
|> >>	If I'm not mistaken, the disk cataloging program FileList 1.4
|> >>	recognizes compactor files.  So the compactor format is not totally
|> >>      "proprietary" (i.e. other programs know about the format).
|> >Also the hypercard stack catstuff 2.0. So there!
|> 
|> So does the Finder.
|> 
|> There is a difference between reading the the type and creator info from 
|> the header of a file, and reading the file.  That is not the point here.  
|> It is the data structure of the rest of a Compactor file that is proprietary.   
|> FileList and CatStuff do not recognize the Compactor data format.
|> 
|> -- Bill (johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu)

	You've missed my meaning.  FileList 1.4 recognizes enough of the
	stuffit and compactor data format to get the list of files in the
	archive.  This is a neat feature, because you can keep your files in
	compressed format and still get a listing of the FILES stored on
	your disks.  I haven't tried FileList 1.4 yet so I may be totally
	off base.  :-)

	=Mike
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