>	(Yet another bug: compress' way too smart: take a very small 
>	ASCII file, and it won't compress it without telling you -
>	this is NOT what you expect!)

This is documented in compress(1), and is the proper historical
behavior AFAIK.
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Mike Long <mikel@shore.net>                http://www.shore.net/~mikel
"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands,
hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." -- H.L. Mencken