At 4:16 PM -0500 2000/1/24, John Baldwin wrote:
> Since zip integrates the
> compression and archiving in one file format, you can look in the zip header,
> find the file you want, and then extract and uncompress just its data. This
> functionality is key in the design of the new packaging system as packages
> will be responsible for extracting themselves in the new system.
Hmm. Okay, that's an argument I can buy -- I may not like the
resulting choice (for personal reasons, if nothing else), but I can
buy the argument.
Thanks!
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