On 3 Nov 2005 at 15:37, Ross Boylan wrote:

> Does bacula compress on a file by file basis, or does it compress the
> entire data stream (I have the gzip option on)?

I remember reading the code. It's file by file.

Why?  My guess: It is self contained.  Imagine having to read the 
entire backup stream up to your single file in order to restore one 
file....

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