From 599c98b150c218f2c869e4cb9a173a18dba8cdf6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Lee Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 17:28:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add some stuff. Bogus! Do not merge. --- ch08.adoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ch08.adoc b/ch08.adoc index 19955f33..57995e92 100644 --- a/ch08.adoc +++ b/ch08.adoc @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ There are two methods for reducing dataset size: packing and compression. By packing we mean altering the data in a way that reduces its precision. By compression we mean techniques that store the data more efficiently and result in no precision loss. Compression only works in certain circumstances, e.g., when a variable contains a significant amount of missing or repeated data values. In this case it is possible to make use of standard utilities, e.g., UNIX **`compress`** or GNU **`gzip`** , to compress the entire file after it has been written. In this section we offer an alternative compression method that is applied on a variable by variable basis. This has the advantage that only one variable need be uncompressed at a given time. The disadvantage is that generic utilities that don't recognize the CF conventions will not be able to operate on compressed variables. - +THis is a test change. [[packed-data, Section 8.1, "Packed Data"]]