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Re: Bzip2 support
From: Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 14:16:24 -0700
On Jun 26, 2019, at 2:03 PM, Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter () xs4all nl> wrote:
On 26 Jun 2019, at 19:41, Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu> wrote:It could probably be done (note that for decompressing capture files that would require the ability to do random access I/O,It (http://sourceware.org/bzip2/manual/manual.html#limits) now says: "Further ahead, it would be nice to be able to do random access into files. This will require some careful design of compressed file formats."
gzip format wasn't carefully designed for that, either, but it can be - and has been - made to work. It requires storing dictionary state. ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev () wireshark org> Archives: https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://www.wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-request () wireshark org?subject=unsubscribe
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- Bzip2 support Ismael Mendez (Jun 26)
- Re: Bzip2 support Guy Harris (Jun 26)
- Re: Bzip2 support Jaap Keuter (Jun 26)
- Re: Bzip2 support Guy Harris (Jun 26)
- Re: Bzip2 support ronnie sahlberg (Jun 26)
- Re: Bzip2 support Guy Harris (Jun 26)
- Re: Bzip2 support Jaap Keuter (Jun 26)
- Re: Bzip2 support Guy Harris (Jun 26)