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Anything like ztail

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Message #8 received at 51921 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Peng Yu <pengyu.ut <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 51921 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51921: Anything like ztail
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 12:33:33 -0800

On 11/17/21 05:08, Peng Yu wrote:
> Is there a way to make ztail more efficient?

Not in general, no. The compressed file can't be decompressed from 
random locations.

There might be some options for doing what you're suggesting if 
--rsyncable is used during compression (which it usually isn't) and if 
someone would like to code up something for gzip (which would be 
nontrivial).

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