JerryK@cup.portal.com (Jerry E Kindall) (08/30/89)
A reply to Dave Lyons' comment on sending sparse files via modem: If the sparse file can fit on a 5.25" or 3.5" disk, why not just pack the whole DISK with ShrinkIt and send that? /\ Jerry Kindall | JerryK@cup.portal.com \/ Death to COBOL | GEnie: A2.JERRY ALink: A2 Jerry The answer that evades our brains, we only think we're wearing chains -- Utopia
dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons) (08/31/89)
In article <21682@cup.portal.com> JerryK@cup.portal.com (Jerry E Kindall) writes: >If the sparse file can fit on a 5.25" or 3.5" disk, why not just pack the >whole DISK with ShrinkIt and send that? > >/\ Jerry Kindall | JerryK@cup.portal.com > \/ Death to COBOL | GEnie: A2.JERRY ALink: A2 Jerry Good idea. (Normally packing to a disk wouldn't be preferable, since the user might want to unpack to a different file system. Sparseness is a pretty ProDOS-specific thing, though.) --Dave Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems AppleLink--Apple Edition: DAVE.LYONS | P.O. Box 875 AppleLink--Personal Edition: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons My opinions are my own, not Apple's.