Bill Bogstad wrote: > Do you lose every > bit of data after that bad block or is there some ability to > resynchronize the stream so you don't lose everything?
It sounds like the rsync compatible version of gzip (there's a patch floating around; it's part of the stock version supplied for Debian systems) would do what you want. It compresses the data in chunks, periodically inserting a new compression table, and undoubtedly a header structure that could be used to reestablish sync after a chunk was corrupted or lost. http://beeznest.wordpress.com/2005/02/03/rsyncable-gzip/ -Tom -- Tom Metro Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA "Enterprise solutions through open source." Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/ _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
