Backups using compress

[Dan Bernstein]

In article <27551FBF.2222 at tct.uucp> chip at tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
> I would think twice before using this method for backups.  LZW
> compression (i.e. /usr/bin/compress), like most kinds of compression,
> is _extremely_ unforgiving of trashed data.  If you lose ONE BYTE, the
> rest of the archive will probably be lost permanently.

If you want to correct errors, use an error-correcting code. Sheesh.

---Dan