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brbackup - can compress be replaced with gzip ?

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are there any technical and non-technical reasons compress can not be

replaced with gzip for the brbackup configuration in the .sap file ?

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markus_doehr2
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> are there any technical and non-technical reasons

> compress can not be

> replaced with gzip for the brbackup configuration in

> the .sap file ?

I think the main reason is compatibility.

Not every OS comes by default with gzip (e. g. HP-UX) and SAP doesn't want to evaluate and test all possible combinations of compressors.

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Markus