Re: Question about test_io.m

[Ben Abbott]

Tasuro,

Your question is with regards to the including the compression option,  
"-z" in all options, correct?

I recall some discussion about compression a few weeks ago, but do not  
remember the details.

Why should the "-z" be removed?

Ben

On Apr 8, 2009, at 6:32 AM, Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:

> Hello
>
> Is my question stupid?
>
> I would like to know whether my question is stupid or not.
>
> Regards
>
> Tatsuro
>
> --- Tatsuro MATSUOKA  wrote:
>
> > Hello
> >
> > This is the previous post but no reply have not gotten yet.
> >
> > http://www.nabble.com/Quesion-about-test_io.m-td22074114.html#a22074114
> >
> > Is my question stupid?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Tatsuro
> >
> > --- Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
> >
> > > Hello
> > >
> > > In test_io.m,
> > >
> > > line 76-84
> > >
> > > %!  files = {"text.mat", "binary.mat", "mat5.mat", "mat7.mat"};
> > > %!  opts = {"-z -text", "-z -binary", "-z -mat", "-v7"};
> > > %!  tols = {2*eps, 0, 0, 0};
> > > %!
> > > %!  vars = "a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 a8 a9 a10 a11 a12 a13 a14 a15 a16  
> > > a17 a18 a19 a20";
> > > %!  if (! input)
> > > %!    for i = 1:length (files)
> > > %!      eval (sprintf ("save %s %s %s", opts{i}, files{i}, vars));
> > > %!    endfor
> > >
> > >
> > > %!  opts = {"-z -text", "-z -binary", "-z -mat", "-v7"}; ????
> > >
> > >
> > > help save
> > >    :
> > >    :
> > >   `-z'
> > >         Use the gzip algorithm to compress the file. This works
> > >         equally on files that are compressed with gzip outside of
> > >         octave, and gzip can equally be used to convert the files  
> > > for
> > >         backward compatibility.
> > > Is
> > > %!  opts = {"-z -text", "-z -binary", "-z -mat", "-v7"};
> > > correct?
> > >
> > > I think it should be
> > > %!  opts = {"-text", "-binary", "-mat", "-v7"}; ?
> > >
> > > Any comments?
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Tatsuro
> > >
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