Backups using compress
Dan Bernstein
brnstnd at kramden.acf.nyu.edu
Fri Nov 30 21:16:41 AEST 1990
In article <27551FBF.2222 at tct.uucp> chip at tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
> I would think twice before using this method for backups. LZW
> compression (i.e. /usr/bin/compress), like most kinds of compression,
> is _extremely_ unforgiving of trashed data. If you lose ONE BYTE, the
> rest of the archive will probably be lost permanently.
If you want to correct errors, use an error-correcting code. Sheesh.
---Dan
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