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- Subject: Re: Unable to unzip GAWK ??
- Message-ID: <9742905@MVB.SAIC.COM>
- From: Mark.Berryman@Mvb.Saic.Com (MUMPS Wizard)
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 06:42:31 GMT
- References: <1992Dec8.185422.4248@netcom.com> <9558790@MVB.SAIC.COM> <1992Dec17.112806.93@wfeb2>
- Organization: Science Applications Int'l, Corp. - Computer systems operation
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- macrides@wfeb2.bitnet writes:
- >
- > Version 8+ levels of VMS_SHARE can encode binary files. GAWK.ZIP is
- >1145 blocks, and GAWK.MFTU is 1694 blocks. Why was the MFTUing done, i.e.,
- >did it do something that's desirable despite the increase in size?
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- Yes, packaging the ZIPped file directly into VMS_SHARE results in a far larger
- file than encoding the file in MFTU and then packaging that into VMS_SHARE.
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- Mark Berryman
- Mark.Berryman@Mvb.Saic.Com
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