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From: labc-3dc@e260-3a.berkeley.edu (Andy McFadden)
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Subject: Re: ShrinkIt 1.0 Limits
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Date: 7 Mar 89 03:33:02 GMT
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In article <8903061036.AA22851@batman.moravian.edu> nicholaA@moravian.EDU writes:
>There are a few limits that ShrinkIt has that everyone needs to be aware of.
[oodles of limits]

>ShrinkIt has problems archiving sparse files.  Do not try archiving sparse
>files. (The archive becomes corrupted if you do)

Yikes!  If I remember correctly, the GS/OS Finder turns files with lots of
zeroes into spares files automatically when it copies them.  This is a
serious problem for //gs users.

>Andy Nicholas                  CsNET: shrinkit@moravian.edu

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