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  2. From: robert@n051.saskg.semicon.sony.co.jp (Robert Veltman)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.compression
  4. Subject: random access with .Z files
  5. Message-ID: <ROBERT.92Aug18172331@n051.saskg.semicon.sony.co.jp>
  6. Date: 18 Aug 92 08:23:31 GMT
  7. Sender: news@saskg.semicon.sony.co.jp
  8. Distribution: comp
  9. Organization: Semiconductor Group, Sony Corp.
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  14. Is it possible to read a compressed file (LZW I think in the case of
  15. UNIX compress) and extract the dictionary information in order to be
  16. able to do random fseeks in the compressed file and decode from that
  17. point on?  
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  20. Robert Veltman -- SONY Semiconductor Group Atsugi Japan
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