root@swatty.UUCP (Superuser) (05/01/91)
What compression algorithms does SCO Unix use in its compress and pack commands ??? Is there an easy way to get source of this stuff??? Thanx, Larry Krone
urban@cbnewsl.att.com (john.urban) (05/01/91)
In article <47@swatty.UUCP> root@swatty.UUCP (Superuser) writes: >What compression algorithms does SCO Unix use in its compress and pack commands >??? > >Is there an easy way to get source of this stuff??? > >Thanx, > >Larry Krone Assuming that SCO UNIX is based on AT&T UNIX System V Release 3.2 .... pack uses the Huffman encoding program and compress uses the an algorithm from "A Technique for High Performance Data Compression" IEEE Computer Vol 17, No 6 (June 1984) pages 8 -> 19 Sincerely, John Urban att!garage!jbu