From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Compression tools Compared
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 08:58:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050817085807.592ee67f@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4302C2B1.5030709@erols.com>
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:53:05 -0400, Matt Randolph wrote:
> In an effort to put this matter to rest (and to save a little face), I
> have tested 7-zip.
Or you could have read the README that covers this in some details. It
not only says that you should use tar to preserve ownership and
permissions but also gives the commands needed :)
I tried p7zip last night, on a 2GB VMWare disk image, and the compressed
file was 10% smaller than rzip gave, which was the best compressor I'd
found to date.
--
Neil Bothwick
... but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because
some watery tart threw a sword at you!
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-08-17 7:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-08-13 4:58 [gentoo-user] Compression tools Compared Jerry McBride
2005-08-13 5:32 ` Nick Rout
2005-08-13 13:36 ` Jerry McBride
2005-08-16 5:14 ` Nick Rout
2005-08-16 17:23 ` Matt Randolph
2005-08-16 17:32 ` Matt Randolph
2005-08-17 4:53 ` Matt Randolph
2005-08-17 7:58 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2005-08-13 5:33 ` Nick Rout
2005-08-13 12:13 ` Fernando Meira
2005-08-13 12:34 ` fire-eyes
2005-08-13 12:44 ` Stephen Micheals
2005-08-13 12:55 ` fire-eyes
2005-08-13 13:56 ` Zac Medico
2005-08-13 14:49 ` Norberto Bensa
2005-08-13 18:00 ` fire-eyes
2005-08-17 14:55 ` Kirk Strauser
2005-08-24 20:13 ` Jerry McBride
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