On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 10:25:29AM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote: > Is it a real, or theoretical, problem? I.e. has anybody experienced bit errors > in a gzip'ed document? For me the incidence is low enough that I don't feel a > need to use bzip2 for that extra protection. The value of your data may lead > to a different conclusion.
I brought this up and it's not theoretical - I've had problems with gzipped tar files coming back off tapes. I definitely have problems with my tape drive but as mentioned, such errors in a tar file would only have caused problems with some files - with the gzipped tar file, you're done for once you hit an error. Regards, Niall O Broin *** Qmail-Scanner Envelope Details Begin *** X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" via maat.reeusda.gov X-Qmail-Scanner-Rcpt-To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.12 (hbedv: 2.0.3/vdf=6.14.0.3 Clear:. Processed in 1.182701 secs) *** Qmail-Scanner Envelope Details End ***
