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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Is there any way to find the compressed size of a file without compressing it in linux Post 302527557 by Corona688 on Friday 3rd of June 2011 02:50:52 PM
Old 06-03-2011
How well a file compresses depends on its contents, so it's quite difficult to tell in advance. Text tends to compress relatively well. Binary files much less so, though that depends on their composition.
 

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Binary.peek(3kaya)					       Kaya module reference						Binary.peek(3kaya)

NAME
Binary::peek - Query binary data. SYNOPSIS
Int peek( Binary block, Int offset ) ARGUMENTS
block The binary block offset The location to read from (starting from zero) DESCRIPTION
Retrieve the byte at offset offset An Binary.OffsetOutOfRange(3kaya) exception will be thrown if it attempts to access a value outside the block. AUTHORS
Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/ LICENSE
The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation. RELATED
Binary.Binary(3kaya) Binary.array(3kaya) Binary.getBlockChunk(3kaya) Binary.peekString(3kaya) Binary.poke(3kaya) Kaya October 2012 Binary.peek(3kaya)
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