Date: Sun, 26 May 1996 08:56:09 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "A.Appleyard" <A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: What is all this "timezone" stuff for?
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On Fri, 24 May 1996, A.Appleyard wrote:

>   Then why can't all that zone info go in one big compact binary file? Lots of
> little files are very space-wasteful, as every one needs a cluster to itself.

These files are POSIX.  Since DJGPP is a POSIX-compliant environment, it
works in a POSIX-like way.  I think DJGPP users can be trusted to detect
unused files and zip them away and don't need to be fed such wisdom with a
teaspoon.