Sujet : Re: Script to conditionally find and compress files recursively
De : invalid (at) *nospam* invalid.invalid (Richard Kettlewell)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.miscDate : 12. Jun 2024, 08:17:11
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Grant Taylor <
gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> writes:
On 6/11/24 01:53, J Newman wrote:
Any suggestions on how to proceed?
>
As others have said, it's very difficult to tell within the first five
seconds what the ultimate compression ratio will be.
Not just difficult but impossible in general: the input file could
change character in its second half, switching the overall result from
that that is (for example) a gzip win to an xz win.
-- https://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/
Script to conditionally find and compress files recursively
Re: Script to conditionally find and compress files recursively
