03. [15p] Zip with compression levels
The zip command is used for compression and file packaging under Linux/Unix operating system. It provides 10 levels of compression, where:
- level 0 : provides no compression, only packaging
- level 6 : used as default compression level
- level 9 : provides maximum compression
$ zip -5 file.zip file.txt
[10p] Task A - Measurements
Write a script to measure the compression rate and the time required for each level. You have a few large files in the code skeleton but feel free to add more. If you do add new files, make sure that they are not random data!
[5p] Task B - Plot
Generate a plot illustrating the compression rate, size decrease, etc. as a function of zip compression level. Make sure that your plot is understandable (i.e., has labels, a legend, etc.) Make sure to average multiple measurements for each compression level.
