Disabling File Compression; Setting File Compression Attributes - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Disabling File Compression

Setting File Compression Attributes

Using SET to Set File Compression Attributes for Volumes
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To avoid the overhead of uncompressing files that do not compress well, the
system calculates the compressed size of a file before actually compressing it.
If no disk space will be saved by compression, or if the size difference does
not meet the value specified by the SET parameter named Minimum
Percentage Compression Gain, the file is not compressed. For a general
description of the SET command, see
For a file to be uncompressed, there must be enough free space on the volume
to accommodate the uncompressed file size.
For instructions on setting file compression for volumes, directories, and files,
see "Setting File Compression Attributes" on page
For instructions on enabling or file compression, see
Volume in the Novell Storage Services Administration Guide.
File compression is enabled and disabled at the volume level.
If you do not enable file compression when you create a volume, you can
subsequently enable it using the SET utility. Once enabled, however, file
compression cannot be disabled on the volume unless you re-create the
volume.
You can temporarily suspend file compression using the SET command's
Enable File Compression parameter. For a general description of the SET
command, see SET
To set file compression attributes for a volume (including enabling
compression), use SET for instructions on using SET for the file compression
attributes, see "Using SET to Set File Compression Attributes for Volumes"
on page 36.
Use SET to set file compression attributes for an entire volume. File
compression SET parameters do not affect the volumes file compression is
disabled on.
IMPORTANT:
Do not use file compression on a CD-ROM volume.
SET
in Utilities Reference.
in Utilities Reference.
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