Am Samstag, 18. Januar 2003 22:54 schrieb Max Bowsher: Hi,
> Green, Paul wrote: > > Harald, > > > > You might consider using zlib instead of gzip; same algorithm, same > > author, but you can access the compression code via a subroutine Do you have an idea how i can use it for compressing a whole file? Is there a de/compress (char *file) function? > > interface. You would not have to spawn another process to run gzip, > > and you would not be dependent upon the user having gzip installed. You are right - an internal compression to rsync would be nice. But i would also suggest having a userdefinable option for the compressing program. I prefer lzo (http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/). The compressor depends on the files you are using, e.g. bzip2 is good for small textfiles - lzo is fast and can be used for large database files where there are changes every 3-4 days. > Well, I presume it is, since it's what rsync uses to implement in-transfer > compression (-z option). > > Which means you shouldn't even need to deal with adding it to the rsync > build system. > > Max. Just tell me the function i have to call ;) -- Bye, Harald Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: #15582696 A cool os: www.linux.org PGP Finger-print: C2 8F 7B 55 7B 9B 8C 7E 48 35 48 21 8A DF 01 66 -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
