Zipping files

[Brian Yennie]

Jacque,

I don't have a direct answer for you, but I can throw one more  
alternative in the bucket. If you're doing this under MacOS, you can  
always use the command-line "gzip" utility through shell(). It's  
possible this would be more memory efficient than Rev's internal  
commands, although it also might not be =).

With a little shell() shenanigans, it might also allow for  
asynchronous work in Rev.

HTH

- Brian

> I need to compress large-ish files, around 50-100 megs each. I  
> wonder if anyone knows whether zip or gz format is easier on RAM.  
> Is it correct that both methods require about double the amount of  
> RAM as the file size? Is one preferable over the other under low  
> memory conditions? Are there any other considerations when choosing  
> between the two?
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