Re: [Duplicity-talk] Is bzip2 really working?

[cwood]

Quoting Darik Horn <address@hidden>:

> > Any tips on verifying that the compression is working or not working?
>
> Create a duplicity backup, get one of the output files, and do this in a
> terminal window:
>
>  $ gpg --list-packets MyDuplicityBackupFile.gpg
>
> The archive has been compressed with bzip2 if you see this line:
>
>   :compressed packet: algo=3
>
> The archive has been compressed with gzip if you see this line:
>
>  :compressed packet: algo=2
>
> Note that GPG does not compress some kinds of data even if you give the
> --compress-algo parameter.
>
> For example, you will not get a compressed packet line on an encrypted
> tgz or zip file.  Similarly, GPG does not compress things like movie or
> music files.

Thanks for the help.  It says algo=3, so it must be working.  My first  
try was on website data, so it may have skipped the graphic files for  
compression.

I'll give it a shot on my much larger data set now!  This is a slick tool.

C.