Re: Octave saves variable in Matlab format in large size

[Benjamin Lindner]

> Hi,
> 
> Just noticed that variables saved with '-mat-binary' option in Octave
> result in larger file size than Matlab's. For example,
> 
> In Matlab (ver. 7.0)
> z = zeros(5000,999,3);
> save 'z.mat' z
> generates a file of size 53K bytes, which seems to contain only a
> minimum data.
> 
> While in Octave, the command
> z = zeros(5000,999,3);
> save '-mat-binary' z.mat z
> results in a file of size 119,880,208 bytes, the full size of 5000 x 999 x
> 3
> doubles.
> 
> Any comments?

Matlab v7 by default compresses binary data.
Stating "-mat-binary" in octave refers to the v6 format, where compression
was not available in matlab.
Try "-mat7-binary" or "-v7" instead
see also "help save"

ben
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