[comp.lang.fortran] File compression

c60c-3dx@WEB.berkeley.edu (07/24/90)

I'd like be able to compress files before transferring them between
a couple computers at my workplace.  Unfortunately one of the two machines
does not have a C compiler.  Fortran is found on both machines.

Would someone please direct me to a good data compression program in
Fortran?  I would greatly appreciate it.

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gustav@arp.anu.oz.au (Zdzislaw Meglicki) (07/24/90)

From article <1990Jul23.213942.7314@agate.berkeley.edu>, by c60c-3dx@WEB.berkeley.edu:
> I'd like be able to compress files before transferring them between
> a couple computers at my workplace.  Unfortunately one of the two machines
> does not have a C compiler.  Fortran is found on both machines.
> 
Lempel Ziv Welch compression in ANSI F77 can be obtained via anonymous ftp
from arp.anu.oz.au (in /ARP/compress). I am still working on it. At the moment 
it is not quite compatible with UNIX compress, but it will be. It is also 
a bit too slow, but there is a great scope for improvements. At this stage 
this is only the first version. And it works!

	Gustav Meglicki, gustav@arp.anu.oz.au
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