Thanks, I'll give it a go :)<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 22/11/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Thornton Snr</b> <<a href="mailto:davidthorntonsnr@yahoo.co.uk">davidthorntonsnr@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:
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Hi Chris, try rzip download from synaptic.<br>rzip uses a history buffer of up to<br>900MB, while gzip uses 32KB<div><span class="e" id="q_11669a1743ff6584_1"><br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">
----- Original Message ----<br>From: chris wyllie <<a href="mailto:cgwyllie@googlemail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">cgwyllie@googlemail.com</a>><br>To: Tayside Linux User Group <
<a href="mailto:dundee@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">dundee@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>><br>Sent: Thursday, 22 November, 2007 10:20:01 PM<br>Subject: [dundee] Creating compressed archives?
<br><br>Hiya, this is something I've never been able to fathom. I know it must be possible, but how's it done? All my attempts to create a compressed archive end with a reduction by about 0.8Mb instead of anything significant.
<br><br>What tools/formats are most practical?<br><br>Thanks,<br> chris<br>
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