[julia-users] multifile compressed archives within julia?

[Jeffrey Sarnoff]

After reviewing prior relevant topics, it is unclear that there is a 
recommended way to work from within julia with multiple files compressed as 
one.
I have ~1500 very small files (text now, could be .jld) that are best 
combined into 2-4 compressed aggregates.  Usually, I need to retrieve just 
a few.
Please let me know if there is currently a best way (this is for version 
0.4), if the shell is better, are there any programs which would be on all 
platforms?