Re: backup.pl - gzip not working as expected!?

[Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>]

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Hello,

> On 25 Dec 2021, at 20:53, Matthias Fischer <matthias.fischer(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I wondered for some time - since Friday 21.5.2021 ( ;-) ) - that the IPF
> files of the ISO backups turned out much larger than before.

Yes, they were indeed not compressed at all:

https://bugzilla.ipfire.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12737

So this should be resolved in c163. Can you test and confirm?

-Michael

> Today I tested: when I make a backup *without* logs, the resulting IPF
> is about *26MB* in size.
> 
> The same file is about *108MB* in size when I make an *ISO backup*.
> 
> So I ran ' /var/ipfire/backup/bin/backup.pl iso' from console and
> watched the output.
> 
> After some time, 'gzip' told me:
> 
> ...
> gzip: /var/ipfire/backup/2021-12-25-20:34.ipf already has .ipf suffix --
> unchanged
> ...
> 
> For results, please see attached screenshot (and yes: I use tables... ;-) ).
> 
> The first IPF was created using 'Generate ISO', the second using
> 'Exclude logfiles'.
> 
> Can anyone confirm?
> 
> Best,
> Matthias<ipf_files_differ_in_size.png>