On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 11:27:21PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > * Prep test data (some file to be packed) > > * run command under "time" command > > > > $ time tar -czf testout.tar.gz ./test-data > > > > real 0m0.520s > > user 0m0.480s > > sys 0m0.040s > > > > $ time zip -rq testout.zip ./test-data > > > > real 0m0.474s > > user 0m0.460s > > sys 0m0.016s > > > > Simple! Do this with uncompress too. > > > > Command syntax of each command is found in each man pages. > > > > time can be shell builtin or independent command. > > > > Thank you Osamu but I stress that compression / decompression time is > not important for this application. That is why I asked on the list > what the other advantages and disadvantages of the different formats > are.
Hmmm.... then stick with tar.gz since it is supported everywhere on unix. There are tools for interoperability and native tools. ... Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
