> now all the checksum has to do is match these points, kill off any parts
> of the ends that don't make sense due to the unexpected failure .. and
> resume compression. so the "buffer" is in a sense a spot-on backup of the
> original file. so only a section of original file is compressed at any one
> time for safety, until the whole file is fully compressed.
>
> i've got no idea how to program something like this. i'd say it'd be
> pretty hard :). it's just my proposal.
Probably wouldnt be very hard at all, however it would be very difficult to
explain to the users that if the compression fails, that they have to
restart it or roll it back.
Dave.
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David Zverina
Alt Key Pty. Ltd.
http://www.altkey.com
PO Box 3121, Parramatta, 2124, Australia
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