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Subject: Re: compressed .el files
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From: Mark Borges <mdb@cdc.noaa.gov>
Date: 12 Feb 1997 20:05:22 -0700
In-Reply-To: Steven L Baur's message of 12 Feb 1997 11:54:35 -0800
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>> On 12 Feb 1997 11:54:35 -0800,
>> Steven L Baur(sb) wrote:

sb> What I'd like to see instead is some kind of compact script
sb> optionally run after installation to do the equivalent of what the
sb> installation patches did.  Would you consider this to be an
sb> acceptable solution?

How about:

   $ cd /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.15 # or wherever you put it
   $ for i in `find lisp -type f -name \*.el -print`; do
     [ -s ${i}c ] && gzip -9 $i
     done
   $

where `$' is the shell prompt. Compact enough? It worked for me. YMMV,
but I'd bet it's pretty portable -- I've yet to see a find(1) that
doesn't take those trivial arguments.


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