From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E5Io6-00029R-Ef for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 07:57:54 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7H7uFOB015454; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 07:56:15 GMT Received: from rutherford.zen.co.uk (rutherford.zen.co.uk [212.23.3.142]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7H7qemt021418 for ; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 07:52:40 GMT Received: from [82.69.83.178] (helo=desiato.digimed.co.uk) by rutherford.zen.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1E5Ijp-00024t-4J for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 07:53:29 +0000 Received: from krikkit.digimed.co.uk (krikkit.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.3]) by desiato.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACA4D1405F61 for ; Wed, 17 Aug 2005 08:53:24 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 08:58:07 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Compression tools Compared Message-ID: <20050817085807.592ee67f@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4302C2B1.5030709@erols.com> References: <200508130058.19730.mcbrides9@comcast.net> <1123911127.28841.10.camel@sf.rout.dyndns.org> <200508130936.27982.mcbrides9@comcast.net> <1124169247.2213.7.camel@sf.rout.dyndns.org> <43022124.7040807@erols.com> <4302233E.9050800@erols.com> <4302C2B1.5030709@erols.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.13 (GTK+ 2.6.8; powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Signature_Wed__17_Aug_2005_08_58_07_+0100_nCrcbQH1do4xH1kk; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Originating-Rutherford-IP: [82.69.83.178] X-Archives-Salt: dbde75ce-fd4e-42de-873a-f51ba770e414 X-Archives-Hash: 2f6d535b85c787a59a333abc6707c5f7 --Signature_Wed__17_Aug_2005_08_58_07_+0100_nCrcbQH1do4xH1kk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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=20 > 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. --=20 Neil Bothwick ... but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you! --Signature_Wed__17_Aug_2005_08_58_07_+0100_nCrcbQH1do4xH1kk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDAu4Pum4al0N1GQMRAqnjAKCLCFb1kgwPz3p4o6SuwhlBqWM4egCgsAiO Xt5dmlRuzksFL5O0EN8TvDQ= =Vjvq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature_Wed__17_Aug_2005_08_58_07_+0100_nCrcbQH1do4xH1kk-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list