Re: Re: Re: tracking progress of gzip'd file

I've managed to get it running gzip -l:

$gziplist=`gzip -l $file`;
$gziplist=~/.\n\s*\d*\s*(\d*)/;
$filesize=$1;
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Re: Re: Re: Re: tracking progress of gzip'd file by js1 (Monk) on Feb 10, 2004 at 12:04 UTC
Actually, that doesn't quite work because the uncompressed value is shortened: `$ ls -l SG_BSGL01_main_460110220000.log -rw-r--r-- 1 52359 staff 394629763 Feb 10 11:54 SG_BSGL01_main +_460110220000.log $ ls -l SG_BSGL01_main_460110220000.log.gz -rwxrwxrwx 1 52359 staff 75011313 Jan 13 15:43 SG_BSGL01_main_ +460110220000.log.gz $ gzip -l SG_BSGL01_main_460110220000.log.gz compressed uncompr. ratio uncompressed_name 75011313 3486 -57182.0% SG_BSGL01_main_460110220000.log` [download] How do you know what units the size is in? js1.	[reply] [d/l]

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Re: Re: Re: Re: tracking progress of gzip'd file
by js1 (Monk) on Feb 10, 2004 at 12:04 UTC

Actually, that doesn't quite work because the uncompressed value is shortened:

$ ls -l SG_BSGL01_main_460110220000.log
-rw-r--r--   1 52359    staff    394629763 Feb 10 11:54 SG_BSGL01_main
+_460110220000.log
$ ls -l SG_BSGL01_main_460110220000.log.gz
-rwxrwxrwx   1 52359    staff    75011313 Jan 13 15:43 SG_BSGL01_main_
+460110220000.log.gz
$ gzip -l SG_BSGL01_main_460110220000.log.gz
compressed  uncompr. ratio uncompressed_name
 75011313      3486 -57182.0% SG_BSGL01_main_460110220000.log
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How do you know what units the size is in?

js1.

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