would someone please explain: aside from the difference in speed, what is the difference between gzip and bzip2? ~Erin
--- Ross Werner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 25 Jan 2004, Bryan Murdock wrote: > > > tar cf - ~ | gzip -9v > /tmp/backup.tar.gz > > > > > > bzip2 gives better compression. There is no reason to use gzip > when > > > you know bzip2 will be available, > > > > Accept that gzip is faster, but who really cares about the > miniscule > > difference in speed these days? > > If you're running on old machines (sub 500mghz) then gzip actually > makes a > huge difference in speed. I often download gzip files on older > machines I > have running as servers, rather than downloading bzip2, just because > the > speed difference is so noticeable. > > Of course, ymmv :-) > > ~ ross > > -- > > This sentence would be seven words long if it were six words shorter. > > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies ===== http://www.userfriendly.org __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
