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To: Ilan Rabinovitch <Ilan DOT Rabinovitch AT dig DOT com>
Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Does gzip support multiple processors under windows 2000?
References: <EC3E0254124DF24BA99CB316CE43F5C8250B46 AT la-ex0 DOT corp DOT dig DOT com>
From: Andrew Markebo <flognat AT flognat DOT myip DOT org>
Date: 22 Mar 2001 23:58:58 +0100
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/ Ilan Rabinovitch <Ilan DOT Rabinovitch AT dig DOT com> wrote:
| Im trying to compress 1 large file.  Im work with machines that have 4 procs
| and I figured if I could get gzip to take advantage of smp it might compress
| these files faster.
| 
| Ilan

Split the file into four parts and run them through 1 gzip each.. :-)

Hack a program that reads from 4 places in that file and pipes the
contents to four gzips.. 

Or do a program that can gzip from a certain position in a file to an
end.. 

*hmm* The possibilities are endless :-)

        /Andy


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