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From: rees@pisa.ifs.umich.edu (Jim Rees)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: File Compression on Mentor Graphics Files
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Date: 25 Feb 91 20:48:18 GMT
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In article <707@tron.UUCP>, rtaylor@tron.UUCP (Randy Taylor) writes:
  
  Does anyone out there have a file compressor package that works with
  Mentor Graphics files ?

My former colleagues may be offended at this suggestion, but you could use
'obty' to change the files to unstruct, then compress them.  After you
restore them change them back to the original type the same way.


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