On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Richard Hipp <[email protected]> wrote: > > One way to really save space would be to send only the first 10 or 16 > bytes of the SHA1 hash in the hyperlink for each file, instead of the full > 40 bytes. The SHA1 hashes do not compress well, so making that change > would perhaps make a big difference even in the compressed size. >
304160 files * 30 bytes snipped = 9124800(!) bytes saved. Trimming to 16 bytes = 7299840 saved. Not too shabby. -- ----- stephan beal http://wanderinghorse.net/home/stephan/ http://gplus.to/sgbeal "Freedom is sloppy. But since tyranny's the only guaranteed byproduct of those who insist on a perfect world, freedom will have to do." -- Bigby Wolf
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