> RAR, of course, has the same benefits. The reason tar + gzip compresses
> better is because ZIP treats separate files as individual compression

Yeees. I am aware of this, oddly enough, having looked at compression 
schemes in the past <grin> There's other solid archivers around now, but I 
still tend to prefer Rar.

> FWIW, WinZip handles tar+gzip files...

Yes, but not .tar.bz2, which a lot of people are switching to (much better 
compression).

Paul
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