[comp.sources.wanted] compress program can't handle very large files...

shan@mcf.UUCP (Sharan Kalwani) (04/26/89)

hi folks!

i have compress 4.0 (the one that came with the BSD distribution and
i imagine release on the sources newsgroup sometime ago). well when
i try compressing a file (over 140 megabyte large) compress says
it can't handle it? actually while i was watching it i noticed the
.Z file was LARGER than the original :-)....so are there any things
i can do to it in order to make it work for very large sizes (read
100 meg and over?). many thanks in advances for suggestions, techniques,
etc....

				--shan
				shan%mcf.uucp@mailgw.cc.umich.edu
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