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From: Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.programming
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