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In message <526cc50f4eriscos@mdharding.org.uk>
          M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> wrote:

> In article <5e3fc36c52.martin@bach.planiverse.com>,
>    Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> wrote:
>> In message <526cb8777csee.sig@walkingingermany.invalid>
>>           Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid>
>> wrote:

>>> What else would I get for that £25 compared with the paid version
>>> of Spark at £6 (which I also do not have)?

>> Spark is a thing of the past. It is a traditional packer/unpacker
>> that requires you to drag files and directories out of the archive
>> in order to use them. SparkFS is a filing system, so you can
>> access the files in an archive like files in an ordinary directory
>> on your hard disc, which is much more convenient.

> I hadn't realised that. Is SparkFS as dangerous to use, then, as the
> !CFS I once used when HD size was in Megabytes?

You cannot compare these two. They have opposite approaches. !CFS 
operated on the files on your hard disc using an alternative filing 
system view, with all sorts of disadvantages and confusions. That has 
nothing to do with the way SparkFS works. SparkFS uses a RISC OS 
feature that did not exist when !CFS was written (a so-called image 
filing system). SparkFS operates inside archive files, e.g., Zip 
files. It makes a Zip archive file look like an ordinary directory to 
you and to programs, so things just work normally, even though inside 
the ZIP file, everything is compressed. This is totally transparent.

-- 
Martin
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Martin Wuerthner         MW Software      http://www.mw-software.com/
        RISC OS Software for Design, Printing and Publishing
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Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-02-27 20:58 +0000
  Re: Printer John Sandford <lists@thesandfords.me.uk> - 2012-02-27 21:33 +0000
    Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-02-27 21:55 +0000
      Re: Printer Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2012-02-27 22:25 +0000
        Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-02-28 06:18 +0000
        Re: Printer Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-02-28 20:25 +0000
        Re: Printer Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-03-06 22:45 +0000
          Re: Printer Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-03-07 00:08 +0100
            Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-03-07 06:04 +0000
            Re: Printer Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-03-07 09:56 +0000
              Re: Printer Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-03-07 13:11 +0100
                Re: Printer Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-03-07 12:51 +0000
                Re: Printer Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-03-07 15:48 +0100
                Re: Printer M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> - 2012-03-07 15:08 +0000
                Re: Printer Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-03-07 18:26 +0100
                Re: Printer Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-03-07 17:39 +0000
                Re: Printer Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-07 23:59 +0100
      Re: Printer John Sandford <lists@thesandfords.me.uk> - 2012-02-27 22:35 +0000
        Re: Printer John Sandford <lists@thesandfords.me.uk> - 2012-02-27 22:43 +0000
      Re: Printer Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-02-27 22:45 +0000
      Re: Printer "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-02-28 13:38 +0000
        Re: Printer Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-01 04:32 +0100
      Re: Printer Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2012-02-28 21:39 +0000
        Re: Printer Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-02-28 23:01 +0000
          Re: Printer patric <patric@invalid.com> - 2012-02-29 03:14 +0100
            Re: Printer "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-02-29 10:20 +0000
              Re: Printer Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-02-29 11:15 +0000
                Re: Printer probus <probus@mdharding.org.uk> - 2012-02-29 13:01 +0000
                Re: Printer John <newsmcc@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-03-01 10:13 +0000
                Re: Printer Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-03-01 01:51 +0100
                Re: Printer Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-03-02 11:53 +0000
              Re: Printer Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-02-29 11:36 +0000
                Re: Printer patric <patric@invalid.com> - 2012-02-29 13:05 +0100
                Re: Printer Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2012-02-29 22:31 +0000
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                Re: Printer Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-03-01 08:04 +0000
                Re: Printer Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-03-01 02:00 +0100
                Re: Printer Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-01 04:41 +0100
                Re: Printer Ian Hamilton <Ian.Hamilton@AAUG.net> - 2012-03-01 07:32 +0000
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                Re: Printer Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-01 23:44 +0100
            Re: Printer Alan Dawes <alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-02-29 10:40 +0000
            Re: Printer Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-02-29 11:29 +0000
              Re: Printer patric <patric@invalid.com> - 2012-02-29 13:35 +0100
                Re: Printer Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-02-29 12:56 +0000
                Re: Printer Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-02-29 14:06 +0000
                Re: Printer Grahame Parish <maillist.parish@millers-way.net> - 2012-02-29 14:06 +0000
                Re: Printer Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-01 04:58 +0100
                Re: Printer Patric@invalid.com - 2012-03-01 12:52 +0100
            Re: Printer Mark Beerling <notvalid@online.de> - 2012-02-29 18:33 +0100
  Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-02-27 21:39 +0000
    Re: Printer Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2012-02-28 00:13 +0000
    Re: Printer Alan Dawes <alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-02-28 11:47 +0000
      Re: Printer Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-02-28 12:56 +0000
      Re: Printer Grahame Parish <maillist.parish@millers-way.net> - 2012-02-28 13:10 +0000
        Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-02-28 19:49 +0000
          Re: Printer Peter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> - 2012-02-28 20:12 +0000
          Re: Printer Grahame Parish <spamtrap@millers-way.net> - 2012-02-28 21:15 +0000
      Re: Printer Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-02-28 18:45 +0000
  Re: Printer Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-02-27 22:16 +0000
    Re: Printer Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-02-27 23:00 +0000
    Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-02-28 06:06 +0000
      Re: Printer Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-01 04:30 +0100
    Re: Printer M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> - 2012-02-28 10:20 +0000
  Re: Printer Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2012-02-28 20:59 +0000
  Re: Printer "Richard Torrens (News)" <News+15400@Torrens.org.uk> - 2012-03-01 08:29 +0000
    Re: Printer "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-03-01 09:35 +0000
      Re: Printer "Barry Allen (news)" <evanallen@onetel.net.uk.invalid> - 2012-03-01 10:31 +0000
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