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- Title: JLPAK/JLUNAK
- Author: Prof J Larmouth, IT Institute,
- University of Salford, England
- Version: 1.0
- Date: 20 Aug 90
- Keywords:
- Shareware: No
- Machine: IBM PC
- Memory requirements:
- Peripherals needed:
- Other s/ware needed:
- Local id. code: ibmpc/xxx
- Date mounted/updated:
- File names: xxxjlpak.boo
- Unarchived files: 5
- Unarchived size:
- Omissions:
- See also:
-
- Acquiring the package
-
- Download the BOO-format file and run the DEBOO utility to convert it to
- a .ZIP file, then unpack this using the PKUNZIP utility. (The utilities
- are online in directory micros/ibmpc/h99).
-
- Description
-
- These programs use "forward compression" to compress a file for
- distribution. The principle is very simple - we assume an old version of
- the file (text or binary) is already held on the receiving system. The
- compression algorithm compares the new version with the old and ships
- only instructions to reconstitute the new version using the old version,
- resulting in typical compression ratios of between 5 to 1 and 10 to 1,
- although where there are almost no changes between the two versions, a
- ratio of almost a thousand to one is possible!
-
- JLPAK and JLUNPAK provide the starting point for efficient distribution
- of versions of a package when the earlier version is already held. The
- normal procedure would be to pack first with JLPAK, then use a
- conventional packing program like PKPAK, then convert to ASCII with
- MKBOO. The receiver reverses the process.