I have not looked at rar format yet, wondering rar just archives or it does compression as well
------Original Message------ From: Mehul Ved Sender: [email protected] To: Ubuntu India Local Community ReplyTo: Ubuntu India Local Community Subject: Re: [ubuntu-in] Rar archive bigger than the file Sent: Jul 29, 2011 22:23 On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Narendra Diwate <[email protected]> wrote: > Just received a .rar file (rar archive) that turned out to be bigger than > the pdf file contained in it. Any one has any ideas why or how it could be. > Only one file was in it. Rar will add it's own overhead information. So, if the amount of data compressed < rar overhead then the filesize will become bigger than the original file. That's one possibility. -- With Regards, Mehul Ved -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
