Compression Programs

[Leo J Mauler]

On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 16:33:34 -0600 Jonathan Hutchins
<hutchins at tarcanfel.org> writes:
> Which common Linux compression programs produce 
> the best reduction in file size?  I want to archive some 
> of these album sides pending further processing, so I 
> have files of a couple hundred megabytes to scrunch 
> down.  tar -z doesn't give me much compression.

Bzip compresses better than gzip, though you're only going to get about
10%-20% less file size with bzip than with gzip.

Frankly, I'd just archive onto a CD for files less than 700MB in size. 
If they're less than a couple hundred megabytes, you'd fit three
uncompressed files on a CD, maybe four.  

Of course, I buy 100CD spindles and have plenty of CDs to spare.  And I
just can't bring myself to use CD-RWs.  The concept of eraseable CDs is
just too scary.  But hey, if you're only going to archive for a short
time, you might be able to use a CD-RW.

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