> tar files (for example) do not have to be compressed, but there are > libraries that can pull files out of gzipped tar files efficiently. > That's another concern. If there's a GMPI utility dll/library, then it's not an issue, but otherwise each host would have to implement this itself and then there might be a problem for those not written in C/C++. Frederic ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Generalized Music Plugin Interface (GMPI) public discussion list Participation in this list is contingent upon your abiding by the following rules: Please stay on topic. You are responsible for your own words. Please respect your fellow subscribers. Please do not redistribute anyone else's words without their permission. Archive: //www.freelists.org/archives/gmpi Email gmpi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx w/ subject "unsubscribe" to unsubscribe