[GAP Forum] How to write a compressed file

[Raphael C]

Hi,

It is 4.11.0 on Ubuntu.

Raphael

On Tue, 14 Apr 2020 at 21:33, Alexander Konovalov <
alexander.konovalov at st-andrews.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hello Raphael - which version of GAP are you using, on which system?
>
> Thanks,
> ALexander
>
> > On 14 Apr 2020, at 20:23, Raphael C <drraph at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I am making a large DFA and would like to compress it before writing
> > it to a file. I tried the following:
> >
> >    dfa := RemovedSinkStates(NFAtoDFA(nfa));
> >    output := OutputTextFile("test.gz", false);
> >    AppendTo(output, dfa);
> >    CloseStream(output);
> >
> > But the file test.gz is not compressed.
> >
> > I was attempting to follow the instructions from
> > https://www.gap-system.org/Manuals/doc/ref/chap10.html .
> >
> > How should this be done?
> >
> > Raphael
> >
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