Any 'Gottchas' with gzip?

From: Scott Purkerson (spurkerson@DOIT.NV.GOV)
Date: Thu Jan 02 2003 - 12:02:25 EST

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We're contemplating using gzip and are wondering if anyone has seen any problems with it (e.g. file size, errors, etc.). It seems to compress our particular files about 50% better than 'compress'.
 
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