17 May
2005
17 May
'05
3:20 p.m.
From: "Brian Wheeler" <bdwheele at
indiana.edu>
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I think the optimum format for doing this isn't a single file, but a
collection of files bundled into a single package. Someone mentioned
tar, I think, and zip would work just as well. The container could
Hi
tar yes, zip no!!!! Any form of compression will make recovery
difficult if there is a small amount of data lost in the middle
someplace. I have some disk that were nicely archived of some
FIG ( Forth Interest Group ) stuff, done by a well meaning
librarian, earlier. In handling, the one copy ( the other mistake )
got damaged. Now, all the bundled information is lost.
Do not compress! In fact I recommend human readable forms such
as HEX or octal, regardless of the media.
Dwight