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Old 04-22-2007, 10:53 PM   #1
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Question Is gzip -c9 giving the highest compression?


Does the command "gzip -c9 file.gz" giving the highest compression?
 
Old 04-22-2007, 11:45 PM   #2
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From 'man gzip':

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-# --fast --best
Regulate the speed of compression using the specified digit #,
where -1 or --fast indicates the fastest compression method
(less compression) and -9 or --best indicates the slowest com-
pression method (best compression). The default compression
level is -6 (that is, biased towards high compression at expense
of speed).
 
Old 04-23-2007, 05:15 AM   #3
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Try bzip2 and l7z. The latter has best compression ration AFAIK.
 
  


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