On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 03:46:29PM +0200, Sergey Poznyakoff wrote: > Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Because 7za doesn't support streaming, the p7zip script emulates it using > > temporary files. > > This means doubling disk space requirements (at least) for unpacking > archives. In my opinion, this effectively destroys the presumed > 7za advantages: there is no use in its superior performance if it > requires double space to unpack the archive. (Correct me if I'm wrong).
That's just temporary space. The important is saving storage space in large data sets. For example, there is a proposal for migrating the Debian archive to p7zip: http://www.linuks.mine.nu/sizematters/ -- Robert Millan _______________________________________________ Bug-tar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-tar
