What types of compression can be used to cut upload times?
West Data Capture supports three different types of compression. All three are available for a variety of computer platforms and operating systems, including Windows 95/98/NT, Macintosh, and UNIX. PK-ZIP/Info-ZIP: The ZIP format is one of the most common compression formats available. The standard extension for ZIP files is .zip. PKWARE’s PK-ZIP and WinZip are available for DOS/Windows machines to write this format. Macintosh users should use ZipIt or a similar utility. The Info-Zip distribution of zip and unzip are available for UNIX. GNU ZIP: The free software group GNU has released their own version of ZIP galled G-ZIP. Various utilities are available for many platforms to deal with G-ZIP files. The common extensions for G-ZIP files include .gz and .gzip. UNIX Compress: UNIX operating systems include a program called compress. West Data Capture supports archives created with this program. Utilities are also available for Macintosh and Windows to create UNIX Compress archives. The fi
