[softwarelist] Re: Spark Reads File SparkFS Can't Open
- From: Barry Smith <baz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:37:15 GMT
In message <532821A57E%mik.towse@xxxxxxxxx>
Mik Towse <mik.towse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In article <mpro.mj6ujd005542n01r0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.invalid>
> Jeremy Nicoll - zf freelists wrote:
>> Mik Towse <mik.towse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>I save my business invoices in a ZIP file...
>> Taking a different tack to the other answers... why do you use a zip?
>> What's the point these days? Disk space is cheap. And if you were just to
>> store the invoices unzipped, you'd be able to use file-search utilities to
>> search through them.
> You make a good point, but almost 30 years of Acorn / RISC OS use instills
> habits & principles that are difficult to shake. Even today I try to ensure
> that my Excel spreadsheets, for example, are as small & efficient as
> possible.
> Also, being a single file, backing up was quicker 'back in the day'. ;)
Backing up is still quicker if the zip file contains a lot of files.
I've been going through the process of transfering data from my Iyonix
to an ARMiniX
26,000+ files, 843 Mb becomes 1 file, 131 Mb
However, I did have problems. Using ShareFS, transferring the zip took
less than one minute. Transferring the contents took a *lot* longer.
But on opening the zip (on the ARMiniX) it was corrupt, even though
the file size was correct.
Barry
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