[DotNetDevelopment] GZipStream makes my zipped file bigger than the original

[graphicsxp]

Hi,

I'm using System.IO.Compression to gzip a small file (8 Kb) and once
gzipped it ends up being 12 kb..... not what I wanted !

my code :


          Stream src = null;
          Stream dest = File.Create("test.gz");

          using (src = File.OpenRead("test.JPG"))
          {
            using (dest)
            {
              Compress(src, dest);
            }
          }

 private static void Compress(Stream source, Stream destination)
    {
      using (GZipStream output = new GZipStream(destination,
CompressionMode.Compress))
      {
        Pump(source, output);
      }
    }

    private static void Pump(Stream input, Stream output)
    {
      byte[] bytes = new byte[4096];
      int n;

      while ((n = input.Read(bytes, 0, bytes.Length)) != 0)
      {
        output.Write(bytes, 0, n);
      }
    }


Am I doing something wrong ?