Compression Programs
Jonathan Hutchins
hutchins at tarcanfel.org
Sun Dec 28 15:22:30 CST 2003
On Sunday, December 28, 2003 04:28 am, Duane Attaway wrote:
> When using the gnu/zip utility, use the -9 option for maximum compression.
> The default compression level is -6, which improves speed.
I tried -9, and the files I produced were still larger than the
self-extractors that my Dad produced, presumably with a current WinZIP.
I had standardized on ARJ when I ran my BBS, but RAR was just making it's
appearance when I stopped caring about disk space.
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