Christian Hammers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > You either need to compress the file 2 times in order to get the compressed
> > size before archiving and then it will fail if the file changes meanwhile
> >
> > Or you compress to a /tmp file and then you have an unknown size limit for
> > compressed files.......
>
> The approach I thought of was the second. Surely there would be a new size
> limit but it could be documented and would most probably not discourage
> most admins from using the new option. Especially when creating a backup
> file one has to care for free disk space anyway.
But you cannot even know before you did end with the compression
whether the result will fit into /tmp.
Jörg
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