On Mon, 1 May 2000, Darren Benham wrote: > Is --best the same as -9?
Yes. From the manual page of gzip: ... where -1 or --fast indicates the fastest compression method (less compression) and -9 or --best indicates the slowest compression method (best compression). ... cu, Adrian -- A "No" uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a "Yes" merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble. -- Mahatma Ghandi