Well, it depends on your intended use. If you could send the said archive to someone else or you wanna access it or weird/obsolete/... systems then of course using a standard is very important.
However if your use is more on a backup (with much importance on the size of it) and/or willing to archive not for size but for "files health" issues then zip is clearly prehistoric. A PEF file which is damage will most probably be good enough for the trash. A well done archive like RAR/ACE/7ZIP has quite good security built-in: it has a couple CRC (and better) method for salvaging the content of the archive in case you'd need it. It does NOT replace the need to make multiple backups, but it helps you not loosing information which is recorded on it. Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
