[ubuntu-in] Rar archive bigger than the file

Mehul Ved mehul.n.ved at gmail.com
Fri Jul 29 16:53:45 UTC 2011


On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Narendra Diwate
<narendra.diwate at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just received a .rar file (rar archive) that turned out to be bigger than
> the pdf file contained in it. Any one has any ideas why or how it could be.
> Only one file was in it.

Rar will add it's own overhead information. So, if the amount of data
compressed < rar overhead then the filesize will become bigger than
the original file.
That's one possibility.


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With Regards,
Mehul Ved



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