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HeadShrink

(Add-Ons)

Version: 0.50
By: Peter Hinely
E-mail: phinely@hawaii.edu
Web page: Available
Release Date: Available Now
Info Last Modified: 7/19/98
Requires BeOS version: R4 PPC, R3 PPC, R3 Intel
License: Freeware
Cost: 0
Source Available?: Yes

R3-PPC Download
R4-PPC Download

R3-Intel Download


Description:

HeadShrink is a BeOS Tracker add-on which compresses the currently selected files in the Tracker using a highly efficient compression algorithm. HeadShrink compresses files into ".boz" format. boz is an acronym for Bzip2 Over Zip, a psuedo file format of my invention. The boz compression process used by HeadShrink occurs in two stages as follows: In the first stage, zip -0 (storage only, no compression) is used to archive files and directories, and their associated attributes. In the second stage, the superior compression afforded by bzip2 is used to compress the archive smaller than it could be using zip at the maximal compression setting (-9). You're not using a legacy operating system... Why use a legacy compression algorithm? You will need the Tracker add-on ExpandMe by R'alf Moll to decompress files compressed by HeadShrink.


Mirror Download Sites:
Mirror Name R3-PPC R3-Intel R4-PPC
Be Europe Mirror PPC Intel PPC
Austria Mirror PPC Intel PPC
Australia Mirror PPC Intel PPC
Germany Mirror (UUNet) PPC Intel PPC
Japan Mirror #1 PPC Intel PPC
Japan Mirror #2 (Nagoya) PPC Intel PPC
UK Mirror PPC Intel PPC
US Mirror #1 (UIUC) PPC Intel PPC
US Mirror #2 (cdrom.com) PPC Intel PPC



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