command "compress" - error code:512

[Inesa Clinko]

Please help me!
After using "compress" command with
binary file "file" I accept an error
code: 512. As far as it is in script
with using ">dev/null" I cannot repeat the situation. Can I find what is the description
of this code:512 for command "compress"?
Thanks

[Francisco J. Soler]

Hi,

Go to
http://fusion.gat.com/docview/compress.html

and search for "512" string without ""

Frank.

[Inesa Clinko]

Thanks,
but your link is wrong :))
Please write me the right link.
Regards, Ina

[Francisco J. Soler]

Hi

The link works for me, but here is another one:
http://www.hmug.org/man/1/compress.html

In facth is the man of compress and there is a paragraph that says:
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...
compress uses a modified Lempel-Ziv algorithm. Common substrings in the
file are first replaced by 9-bit codes 257 and up. When code 512 is
reached, the algorithm switches to 10-bit codes and continues to use more
bits until the limit specified by the -b flag is reached (the default is
16). Bits must be between 9 and 16.
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Hope this helps.
Frank.