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From: Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net>
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Subject: Re: Script to conditionally find and compress files recursively
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 22:21:00 -0500
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On 6/11/24 01:53, J Newman wrote:
> Any suggestions on how to proceed?

As others have said, it's very difficult to tell within the first five 
seconds what the ultimate compression ratio will be.

If you have the disk space, compress using all of the compression 
options and then remove all but the smallest file.

Then go on to the next file.



-- 
Grant. . . .