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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Show Percentage Compression in GZIP Post 302833159 by Corona688 on Tuesday 16th of July 2013 11:24:01 AM
Old 07-16-2013
There is of course some overhead but very little since, as you noted, it's smart enough to switch algorithms when faced with a file that compresses badly. It's much better than some older compressors which, worst case, could double the size of a file.

I have no idea where the 175% comes from, it makes no apparent sense either way you consider it.
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Ns_Gzip(3aolserver)					   AOLserver Library Procedures 				       Ns_Gzip(3aolserver)

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NAME
Ns_Gzip, Ns_SetGzipProc - GZIP compression support SYNOPSIS
#include "ns.h" int Ns_Gzip(buf, len, level, dsPtr) void Ns_SetGzipProc(proc) ARGUMENTS
Tcl_DString dsPtr (out) Output buffer to placed compressed string. int len (in) Length of string pointed to by buf. char *buf (in) Pointer to string to compress. int level (in) Requested GZIP compression level. Ns_GzipProc proc (in) Procedure to GZIP content. _________________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION
These functions enable GZIP compress of text buffers. int Ns_Gzip(buf, len, level, dsPtr) This function compresses a string pointed to by buf of length len, appending the output to the given dsPtr. The output buffer must already be initialized. The level parameter specifies the compress level between 0 and 9; see the documentation in the zlib.h for details. The function will return NS_OK if compression was successful, otherwise NS_ERROR. A call to Ns_SetGzipProc to install a compression function must have already occured. The nszlib module will install a suitable function when loaded. void Ns_SetGzipProc(proc) This function is used to install a compression function for Ns_Gzip. A call to Ns_SetGzipProc would normally be in the module-load routine of a module which provides compression support, e.g., the nszlib module. The function should match the type Ns_GzipProc: typedef int Ns_GzipProc( char *buf, int len, int level, Tcl_DString *dsPtr ); KEYWORDS
compress, gzip AOLserver 4.5 Ns_Gzip(3aolserver)
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