Hi Jason, If your files are already compressed - eg, jpeg images, then trying to compress them again can result in being slightly larger, due to extra prefixes, etc. In your files, it seems to be about 550 bytes, which does seem a bit large.
Regards, Tony > -----Original Message----- > From: Interest [mailto:interest-bounces+tony=rightsoft.com.au@qt- > project.org] On Behalf Of Jason H > Sent: Thursday, 21 July 2016 5:10 AM > To: interestqt-project.org > Subject: [Interest] lupdate -compress makes files BIGGER? > > $ lupdate -compress app.pro > $ ls -l -S *.qm > -rw-r--r-- 1 jhihn staff 11570 Jul 20 15:02 app_mr.qm > -rw-r--r-- 1 jhihn staff 11102 Jul 20 15:02 app_es.qm > -rw-r--r-- 1 jhihn staff 10975 Jul 20 15:02 app_tl.qm > -rw-r--r-- 1 jhihn staff 10556 Jul 20 15:02 app_ta.qm > -rw-r--r-- 1 jhihn staff 10528 Jul 20 15:02 app_en.qm > -rw-r--r-- 1 jhihn staff 10313 Jul 20 15:02 app_ar.qm > -rw-r--r-- 1 jhihn staff 10164 Jul 20 15:02 app_te.qm > -rw-r--r-- 1 jhihn staff 10018 Jul 20 15:02 app_km.qm > -rw-r--r-- 1 jhihn staff 9824 Jul 20 15:02 app_kn.qm > -rw-r--r-- 1 jhihn staff 9691 Jul 20 15:02 app_vi.qm > -rw-r--r-- 1 jhihn staff 9406 Jul 20 15:02 app_hi.qm > -rw-r--r-- 1 jhihn staff 7335 Jul 20 15:02 app_zh.qm > > $ lupdate app.pro > $ ls -l -S *.qm > -rw-r--r-- 1 jhihn staff 11017 Jul 20 15:08 app_mr.qm > -rw-r--r-- 1 jhihn staff 10613 Jul 20 15:08 app_es.qm > -rw-r--r-- 1 jhihn staff 10486 Jul 20 15:08 app_tl.qm > -rw-r--r-- 1 jhihn staff 10091 Jul 20 15:08 app_ta.qm > -rw-r--r-- 1 jhihn staff 10039 Jul 20 15:08 app_en.qm > -rw-r--r-- 1 jhihn staff 9848 Jul 20 15:08 app_ar.qm > -rw-r--r-- 1 jhihn staff 9699 Jul 20 15:08 app_te.qm > -rw-r--r-- 1 jhihn staff 9553 Jul 20 15:08 app_km.qm > -rw-r--r-- 1 jhihn staff 9359 Jul 20 15:08 app_kn.qm > -rw-r--r-- 1 jhihn staff 9202 Jul 20 15:08 app_vi.qm > -rw-r--r-- 1 jhihn staff 8941 Jul 20 15:08 app_hi.qm > -rw-r--r-- 1 jhihn staff 6846 Jul 20 15:08 app_zh.qm > _______________________________________________ > Interest mailing list > Interest@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest