[Hideki Yamane] > > henrich@hp:/tmp$ du -k Packages.* > > 6052 Packages.bz2 > > 5812 Packages.xz > > henrich@hp:/tmp$ time bzip2 -d Packages.bz2 > > > > real 0m0.999s > > user 0m0.956s > > sys 0m0.020s > > > > henrich@hp:/tmp$ rm Packages > > henrich@hp:/tmp$ time xz -d Packages.xz > > > > real 0m0.565s > > user 0m0.532s > > sys 0m0.032s > > > henrich@hp:/tmp$ time gzip -d Packages.gz > > gzip: Packages already exists; do you wish to overwrite (y or n)? y > > > > real 0m1.932s > > user 0m0.272s > > sys 0m0.012s
While your post has good points, we need to notice that because of the interactive prompt, the 'real' time value for gzip -d is misleading. > decompression speed is > best : xz > second: bz2 > third : gz If you ignore the time gzip spent waiting for you to type 'y', it is the fastest, not the slowest. Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121116012454.gk4...@p12n.org
