From: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
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Subject: Re: File Routines
Date: 2 Jun 1997 06:57:19 GMT
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"Patrick J. Morris" (danalas AT worldnet DOT att DOT net) writes:
> If I use a compressed file in Allegro and I need to read in chunks at a
> time
> and might possible read a chunk several 1000 times during program
> execution. How
> would I do this? I think that I should use the pack_fopen_chunk(), but
> how would
> I go back and forth in a file if I can't use seek because the file is
> compressed.
> 
> Please help,
> Patrick


Load the chunk that will be used a lot and keep it in RAM?

(BTW, Allegro specific questions ought to have Allegro in the subject
header. That way Allegro-neophytes can skip it and it will catch the
attention of Allegro gurus like Shawn.)

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