favorini-francis@CS.YALE.EDU (Francis Favorini) (08/22/90)
Hi, A while back I was reading PC Week, or some such magazine, and I saw a description of a program (shareware/freeware I think) that could greatly reduce the size of EXE files by removing (unspecified) redundant or superfluous information. Does anyone know what this program is called and where I might find it. E-mail responses are preferred to posting, as I don't read this group often enough. Thanks, Francis favorini@cs.yale.edu
ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi LASK) (08/23/90)
In article <25865@cs.yale.edu> favorini-francis@CS.YALE.EDU (Francis Favorini) writes: > A while back I was reading PC Week, or some such magazine, and I saw >a description of a program (shareware/freeware I think) that could greatly >reduce the size of EXE files by removing (unspecified) redundant or superfluous >information. Does anyone know what this program is called and where I might >find it. E-mail responses are preferred to posting, as I don't read this group >often enough. There is a program that compresses .exe files and expands for execution thus greatly saving space. It is called lzexe91, and it is just being posted in comp.binaries.ibm.pc. Furthermore it (and many of the accompanying facilities) can be obtained by anonymous ftp from chyde.uwasa.fi, Vaasa, Finland, 128.214.12.3. There are also programs to reduce the .exe by removing some superfluous code, but the reduction is just marginal. The Turbo Professional 5.0 package from TurboPower Software includes such a facility. As to emailing. I've always felt that if one is interested enough to pose a question to a group, and expect an answer, one should show reciprocal courtesy by reading the group properly. ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi (Moderating at anon. ftp site 128.214.12.3) School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun
favorini-francis@cs.yale.edu (Francis Favorini) (08/24/90)
Thanks to all who responded! The program is LZEXE and can be found at SIMTEL20. favorini@cs.yale.edu