If you compress the files, and then save them as .txt files, then your users are only going to see garbage on their screens. You'll still need something to uncompress the files before the user views them.
----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, December 4, 2001 3:36 pm Subject: Text Compression Utility? > I'm looking for a utility that will compress large text files, but not > change the extension. For example - I have a 2mb text file called > readme.txt - after compression, it becomes a 100k file still called > readme.txt. My situation - We have a main frame putting text files > intoa directory. Through the web, we display these files as links. > When a > user clicks on the link, we display the file. In some cases, these > textfiles reach 2mb. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure > out that > displaying 2mb files over the web is unacceptable. So, I'm looking > for a > way to compress them, possibly through a command-line utility or > something. > > Any thoughts? > > > Mark Stewart > ProgrammeCC3 > Phone: 215.672.6900 x1332 > http://www.cc3.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
