compressable data

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From	Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com>
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Subject	compressable data
Date	Sun, 23 Jun 2013 00:52:54 +1200
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I'm looking for an algorithm I can use to generate data that will have a 
fixed compress ratio when compressed with an ideal compression algorithm 
(or gzip as a practical compressor).

I want to produce files that will compress by a given percentage in 
order to test performance of a filesystem with compression enabled.

Any ideas?

-- 
Ian Collins

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compressable data Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2013-06-23 00:52 +1200
  Re: compressable data Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen@t-online.de> - 2013-06-22 15:06 +0200
  Re: compressable data Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2013-07-07 06:44 -0700
    Re: compressable data malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com - 2013-07-09 10:42 -0700
      Re: compressable data "osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2013-07-09 13:33 -0500
        Re: compressable data malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com - 2013-07-13 08:01 -0700
          Re: compressable data "osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2013-07-13 10:58 -0500
      Re: compressable data Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2013-08-02 17:30 -0700

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