Xref: utzoo comp.sources.bugs:2912 comp.compression:570 Newsgroups: comp.sources.bugs,comp.compression Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: Problem with compress Message-ID: Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC References: <1991May14.044431.23932@sparky.IMD.Sterling.COM> <26085:May1416:52:3491@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <1991May14.185447.2498@nntp-server.caltech.edu> <1991May15.062504.28369@looking.on.ca> Date: Wed, 15 May 91 14:04:47 GMT In article <1991May15.062504.28369@looking.on.ca> brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes: > The simplest of which is the fairly standard archive of compressed > files, with each file compressed individually and extractable without > decompressing the entire archive -- a serious problem if it is a > multi-media archive or very large. And of course you want to be able to mount this archive as a read-only file system, no? (yes) -- Peter da Silva; Ferranti International Controls Corporation; +1 713 274 5180; Sugar Land, TX 77487-5012; `-_-' "Have you hugged your wolf, today?"