Re: tar and AppleScript applications

FROM : Enigmarelle Development
DATE : Sun Jan 13 17:46:22 2002

On Sunday, January 13, 2002, at 08:45  AM, <email_removed> wrote:

> Thanks for everyone's input. David gave me a method of producing small
> dmg images which I really like and will use from now on - included below
> for the archives:
>
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> Use Disk Copy to create a multi-megabyte dmg. Mount it. Copy your file(s)
>  to
> it. Eject it.
>
> Go back to Disk Copy. Select Convert. Select Compressed as output format
> and
> save under a new name. Unused space will now be compressed, and the image
> will be marked read-only.
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You can then gzip the dmg file for quite a bit more reduction in size. dmg
is a flat file format and has no resource fork that needs preserving.

-john c. warner
enigmarelle development
http://www.enigmarelle.com/