In looking at completion times for the 'compress' command it was noticed some larger sized files compressed at a faster rate than smaller ones.
10.5Mb file consistently takes 3s to compress down to 1.5Mb - 3Mb/sec
22kb file consistently takes 25-30s to compress down to 7k - 1kb/sec
both files are text bill invoices, and look approximately same regarding amount of white space, etc. uncompress is very fast for both. i've performed this about 7 or 8 times, and it's pretty consistent.
Could it be explained by system scheduling priority
10.5Mb file consistently takes 3s to compress down to 1.5Mb - 3Mb/sec
22kb file consistently takes 25-30s to compress down to 7k - 1kb/sec
both files are text bill invoices, and look approximately same regarding amount of white space, etc. uncompress is very fast for both. i've performed this about 7 or 8 times, and it's pretty consistent.
Could it be explained by system scheduling priority