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- From: davisre@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Robert Davis)
- Subject: Re: Workspace multi-volume save
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- Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
- References: <1993Jan27.193314.11224@samba.oit.unc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:37:48 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.193314.11224@samba.oit.unc.edu> David.Kelman@launchpad.unc.edu (David Kelman) writes:
- > I tested out NS 3.0's ability to save a file too large for one
- >floppy. I had tarred and compressed a directory, which ended up to be
- >just about 8 Meg. I then saved it to a floppy, and workspace properly
- >asked for more disks, etc. The problem is that it required four entire
- >floppies to perform the save. The original file would have filled a touch
- >more than three floppies, but somehow the split file grew by about 2 Meg!
- >Should I not have compressed it first, as Workspace claims to compress it
- >before saving it? What is taking up all this space?
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- Workspace compresses the file (or tars and compresses if it is
- more than one file, or a folder) before writing to the floppies, so,
- No, you should not have compressed the file first. Just drag the
- uncompressed file, folder or group of files/folders to the floppy.
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- Rob
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