> 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 -- Sex isn't a hobby, it's an art. -- Richard J. Sexton on net.config

