Compression and Decompression of multiple files

[Rob Cozens]

>It sounds like you would not be leveraging the structure of a "data 
>stack" as the underlying format for the archive? If you aren't going 
>to leverage a "data stack" then maybe it should just be a ZIP or TAR 
>engine so as to be a more compatible format?

Interesting idea, Alex.  Yes, one could incorporate cards & nested 
groups to create the archive design and index and never need to 
append the individually-compressed files.  I'll paste your suggestion 
next to the far back burner where the project is barely cooking.

In answer to why not use ZIP or TAR, my goal is to create a universal 
folder compression/decompression utility in Transcript for deployment 
across all Revolution hardware platforms.  Ideally, I want to 
simplify serendipity_downloader.htm to contain one file bundle for 
Mac, Windows, & Unix developers in the archive format and one 
compression/decompression utility stack.  It also seems to me such a 
tool could easily evolve into a generic Revolution stack/standalone 
installer.
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Rob Cozens
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