[CentOS] rsync and swapping

[Marko A. Jennings]

On Wed, January 30, 2008 1:36 pm, MHR wrote:
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> As long as the majority of the files are not plain text - I have had
> really bad results using bzip2 on text files - specifically, massive
> file corruption.  I have had to go back to pre-bzipped archives to
> rebuild these files - not a fun task.

Why do you think that the corruption you experienced had something to do
with bzip2?  I have been using it on a regular basis for the last several
years to compress files of all sizes (ranging from very small to several
gigabytes) and have yet to experience any corruption whatsoever.