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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: "Compound file" library?
From:       Steffen Hansen <stefh () mip ! ou ! dk>
Date:       1998-11-03 16:34:58
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On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Sirtaj Singh Kang wrote:

> 
> I was thinking of a resource-library system that can store files in a
> space- and retrieval-efficient way. An application would be to store a
> logical set of toolbar pics etc in a single file.
> 
> Does anyone know of a free library that can achieve this easily? I thought
> of using ar but the idea of invoking a new process for every access didn't
> seem palatable.

I think this has been discussed before. Java uses uncompressed zip files
(and calls them jars ;-). Zip is indexed, so fast retrieval is possible.
Besides that, the format is standard, so one can easily manipulate it.

greetings,
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