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Re: gzip files [message #32475]

Mon, 14 October 2002 13:16

Liam E. Gumley
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Registered: January 2000

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Reimar Bauer wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> thats fantastic if I use gzip on my linux to compress files I can read
> them by open and /compress directly.
>
> Did someone know what's windows did in this case?

The COMPRESS keyword is available with the OPEN procedure in IDL 5.5 for
Windows. I don't know about earlier versions.

Cheers,
Liam.
Practical IDL Programming
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Re: gzip files [message #32563 is a reply to message #32475]

Tue, 15 October 2002 07:43

Dave Greenwood
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Registered: October 2000

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In a previous article, "Liam E. Gumley" <Liam.Gumley@ssec.wisc.edu> wrote:
> Reimar Bauer wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> thats fantastic if I use gzip on my linux to compress files I can read
>> them by open and /compress directly.
>>
>> Did someone know what's windows did in this case?
>
> The COMPRESS keyword is available with the OPEN procedure in IDL 5.5 for
> Windows. I don't know about earlier versions.

According to my "What's New in IDL 5.3", COMPRESS was introduced in that
version (apparently for all supported architectures).

Dave
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