-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ahh this fear of compression! Can't say for sure about over the net between the two machines (shell world and your web host) but I know for sure that files transferred via a 56K modem are compressed in transit and then decompressed as they spill onto your computer so at the day you wish to pull those files down to a local machine of yours over the modem, guess what, compression will be there like it or not. If I were a system administrator preparing to transfer someone's files over to another location, I would use tar, compress it with the gzip or bzip2 option and ship that over and then do likewise to unpack it; no questions asked. This situation is 100% reliable! I havenever lost data in the 20 years I've been computing due to any file compression. Now since rsync has been discussed here as a viable method of transferring files and keeping them in sync in the future, I recall there being a "compress on the fly" option and I would incourage its use simply to move things more quickly. But that is an option in itself. On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 07:32:50AM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Thanks Hart, > You are kind to stand up for me but there is no need. The data is not > going to be compressed period. > There is not one soul on this list who can move me as to this. Call me > whatever you like, but I have reasons not to trust the insolation over > there, and have already said that once I have my own setup fully > knowledgeable of the tools at hand, I can consider this option then. Not > now however. > Karen > > On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Hart Larry wrote: > > >Well, in standing up for Karen for a second, I know that if you run zip > >with other switches you can ruin the file. For example, if you convert to > >ascii or even automaticly nuke the files upon completion. I know as I > >have done these. > >Also, from what I've heard you may only save %4 while compressing wave or > >mp3s > >Hart > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://ld.net/?holmesgrown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBW6kuWSjv55S0LfERAjG5AJ92BrYMwv1EV8e+bk3Z08xBsA979ACguwyz GjFwVwuS5gKtpG4geSvYFI8= =Yao7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
