Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!um-math!sharkey!cfctech!teemc!hpftc!zardoz!henry.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!apple!dlyons From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Sending sparse files via modem Message-ID: <34456@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 30 Aug 89 23:24:29 GMT References:<34391@apple.Apple.COM> <21682@cup.portal.com> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 19 In article <21682@cup.portal.com> JerryK@cup.portal.com (Jerry E Kindall) writes: >If the sparse file can fit on a 5.25" or 3.5" disk, why not just pack the >whole DISK with ShrinkIt and send that? > >/\ Jerry Kindall | JerryK@cup.portal.com > \/ Death to COBOL | GEnie: A2.JERRY ALink: A2 Jerry Good idea. (Normally packing to a disk wouldn't be preferable, since the user might want to unpack to a different file system. Sparseness is a pretty ProDOS-specific thing, though.) --Dave Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems AppleLink--Apple Edition: DAVE.LYONS | P.O. Box 875 AppleLink--Personal Edition: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons My opinions are my own, not Apple's.