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Re:Why are tar.xz files 15x smaller when using Python's tar ... by campital on Monday March 15, 2021 @09:46AM (#26466030)
The resulting compressed archives of these operations are 10% and 1% of the original file sizes, respectively (10x difference). The percent reduction can’t really be compared linearly.
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