On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, tom ehlert wrote: > > But this is tricky to unpack > No.
Depends :) > > and needs more temp space. > Yes. Not necessarily. > >I recommend using TGZ in that case. > not available for DOS. It is, see: ftp://ftp.cs.pdx.edu/pub/elvis It's called "untar", but it really is "untgz". ((Er, it's also the coolest editor around ;-)))) > > but only a monolithic TAR+GZ would avoid > > the temp space problem And if I'm not mistaken, this one is one. BTW: I slightly remember that the INSTALLER already includes the UNZIP source(s). When you do a UNZIP archive.ZIP, there is no need to seek around within the file, no need to read the ZIP directory and stuff; so the UNZIP loop might looks like the one in "untar": while(read a chunk from the ZIP file) { if(new file header) { create the file open the file } else { decompress the block into the currently open file } } Does somebody know about the memory consumption of the decompression process and if two of them can exists in parallel simultaneously? Then and if you know that you unpack a double-zipped archive in advance, it should be easy to implement it. -- Where is the volunteer? ;-) Bye, -- Steffen Kaiser ---------- list options/archives/etc.: http://www.topica.com/lists/fd-dev unsubscribe: send blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bz8Rv5.bbRv4l.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
