Yes, I believe this is like the gzip encoding available in php. That's working great on a site of mine (large message board).
> You may want to look into the "Content-Encoding" HTTP header. Your web > server can actually compress the text file on the fly, and if your web > browser is smart enough to accept it you will accomplish exactly what you > are looking for. I think IIS5 has an ISAPI filter that does this > automagically. > > References: > http://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/Object_Headers.html#content-encoding > http://www.google.com/search?q=content-encoding+gzip > > -R > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 17:37 > To: CF-Talk > 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 into > a 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 text > files 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 > Programmer/Analyst > CC3 > Phone: 215.672.6900 x1332 > http://www.cc3.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com 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
