Tony:

Why not just do a STORE TO DISK (with the ;COMPRESS option) of the files
and then :RESTORE them when you need to get them back?

Brian.

On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:18:31 -0000, Tony Summers
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Is there a simple intrinsic available on the HP3000 that I can insert
>into a Cobol program to compress data on a record by record basis (i.e
>as the data is being written to the file).
>
>(I have some logfiles that are growing rather large,  but the data in
>these logfiles could be compressed until I need to look at it !)
>
>Thanks
>
>Here comes my company disclaimer - which gets longer by the week.
>
>
>The contents of this email are confidential to the intended recipient
>and may not be disclosed. Although it is believed that this email and
>any attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient
to confirm this.
>
>Smith & Williamson Corporate Finance Limited - A member of M&A
>International Inc. http://www.mergers.net Registered in England No.
>4533970. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority
>Smith & Williamson Investment Management Limited, Registered No. 976145.
Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
>Smith & Williamson Pension Consultancy Limited - Independent
>Intermediary. Registered No. 3133226. Authorised and regulated by the
>Financial Services Authority.
>Smith & Williamson Fund Administration Limited, Registered No. 1934644.
Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
>Smith & Williamson Limited - A member of Nexia International.
>Registered in England No. 4534022. Regulated by the Institute of
>Chartered Accountants in England & Wales for a range of investment
>business activities.
>
>Registered Office: No 1 Riding House Street, London W1A 3AS
>Telephone: 020 7637 5377 http://www.smith.williamson.co.uk
>
>Nexia Audit Limited - A member of Nexia International. Registered in
>England No. 4469576. Registered to carry on audit work and regulated by
the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales for a range of
investment business activities.
>
>Registered Office: No 1 Riding House Street, London W1A 3AS
>Telephone: 020 7637 5377 http://www.nexiaaudit.co.uk
>
>NCL Investments Limited, Registered No. 1913794.
>Member of the London Stock Exchange authorised and regulated by the
Financial Services Authority.
>
>Registered Office: Bartlett House, 9-12 Basinghall Street, London  EC2V 5NS
>Telephone: 020 7600 2801
>
>
>______________________________________________________________________
>This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System.
>For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email
>______________________________________________________________________
>
>* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
>* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *

* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *