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Re: [opensuse] compressing files Apologies
- From: Ken Schneider <suse-list3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:26:17 -0400
- Message-id: <1188613577.9991.19.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Sat, 2007-09-01 at 09:41 +0800, Art Fore wrote:
> I wish to apologize for my language in the original post. Just got
> flustered. Still don't see why cannot compress files on USB memory stick
> and no, it is not full.
>
> Art
>
Remember that when compressing files the original is kept until the
compressed version is successfully made. Example: memory stick is 1G and
you have 750M of files. The original 750M will still take up space until
the archive is successfully made which can exceed the remaining space.
Ken
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> I wish to apologize for my language in the original post. Just got
> flustered. Still don't see why cannot compress files on USB memory stick
> and no, it is not full.
>
> Art
>
Remember that when compressing files the original is kept until the
compressed version is successfully made. Example: memory stick is 1G and
you have 750M of files. The original 750M will still take up space until
the archive is successfully made which can exceed the remaining space.
Ken
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