storing/retrieving a lot of files

[9ine]

I need to store and access a lot of small separate files. Whats the best way to group them together in an archive like single file (not compressed for fast access reason) and not to waste disk space. are there source codes? 9ine

[pgrohs]

What kind of data do your files contain?

[cmk]

If you don't need to search the file data (just file names) then you may want to look at putting them in a database (e.g. MSDE aka MS SQL Srv lite). ...cmk Save the whales - collect the whole set

[Stephen Hewitt]

Probably the easiest is to use sturctured storage. See here[^] for documentation. Steve

[9ine]

just text formated signal: 3.21 2.22 4.44 5.55 ... etc 9ine

[9ine]

I need somthing simple for console app, like TAR archive 9ine

[pgrohs]

So I would try it with XML. If you use SAX to read and write the file, the performance should be acceptable. There are several easy to use implementations to do this.