rev and zip files

Chipp Walters chipp at chipp.com
Tue Feb 8 22:25:38 EST 2005


Yep, we already have one in the works...

-Chipp

Richard Gaskin wrote:
> Dwayne Rothe wrote:
> 
>> Hi All,
>> Is there a known way to open and move the contents of a zip file from 
>> within a rev stack (obviously Win OS) ?
> 
> 
> Sounds like a good opportunity for Chris at Altuit to craft an external. 
>  Doable Chipp?
> 
> If the format isn't important but you just need to work with multiple 
> files, you can store gzip-compressed data in custom properties in a 
> stack file, using that stack file as the carrier.  If you take the time 
> to store the type and creator codes obtained from "the detailed files" 
> on Mac you can even restore those when you write them out again -- 
> something the Zip format doesn't handle at all.
> 


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