Hello, The system, version etc
# cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.9-42.0.3.ELsmp ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-3)) #1 SMP Fri Oct 6 06:21:39 CDT 2006 # /usr/local/tmp/gzip-1.3.12/gzip --version gzip 1.3.12 Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Copyright (C) 1993 Jean-loup Gailly. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Jean-loup Gailly. # gcc --version gcc (GCC) 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-8) Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. example uncompressed files (commas added for readability) # ls -l sr3.data[12] -rw-r----- 1 1007 1001 20,971,528,192 Sep 2 03:55 sr3.data1 -rw-r----- 1 1007 1001 20,971,528,192 Sep 2 04:43 sr3.data2 # /usr/local/tmp/gzip-1.3.12/gzip --verbose sr3.data[12] sr3.data1: 90.5% -- replaced with sr3.data1.gz sr3.data2: 91.5% -- replaced with sr3.data2.gz # ls -l sr3.data[12].gz -rw-r----- 1 1007 1001 1,990,844,425 Sep 27 09:04 sr3.data1.gz -rw-r----- 1 1007 1001 1,792,223,940 Sep 27 2007 sr3.data2.gz and the error ... # /usr/local/tmp/gzip-1.3.12/gzip --list sr3.data[12].gz compressed uncompressed ratio uncompressed_name 1990844425 3791659008 47.5% sr3.data1 error -> ^^^^^^^^^^ 1792223940 3791659008 52.7% sr3.data2 ^^^^^^^^^^ 3783068365 7583318016 50.1% (totals) -pete
