Inflater.c bug?

[Parmelan, Edouard]

Peter,

> I dont know if this is of any help:
> gzip -vl TestIo.java.gz (compressed with gzip):
> method  crc     date  time  compressed  uncompr. ratio uncompressed_name
> defla caf3be8a Jan 27 10:43       643      1419  56.8% TestIo.java
> 
> gzip -vl TestIo.gzjava (compresed with minigzip)
> method  crc     date  time  compressed  uncompr. ratio uncompressed_name
> defla caf3be8a Jan 27 10:46       631      1419  56.8% TestIo.java
> 
> With the same reported comression rate gzip produces a file containg 12
> additional bytes.
I don't read gzip nor zlib sources but I rememner the -N option
of gzip.

I think gzip save the name of the file Testlo.java, 11 bytes.
The remainder byte could be his length or a terminal nul.

Edouard.