pigz - file compressor, decompressor

[labbe5]

https://github.com/madler/pigz

Download it from Devuan/Debian/Ubuntu repositories.

To compress a file with default options, simply run:
pigz <path-to-file>

Man pages :
https://zlib.net/pigz/pigz.pdf

[p310don]

pigz is awesome.

I did some tests with it a few months ago.

Using gz to compress my 2 gig test tar file takes about 10 minutes. Using pigz takes 46 seconds, using 4 cores.

[don570]

I made a script to test it.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 22#1050522

[p310don]

I made a script to test it.

Thanks don570

Not sure how or why you label it as a test/experiment program? Works great for me as is.

Funnily enough, I am working on a VM project and need to compress a 60gig file for portability. PIGZ and your script will make that process a lot quicker & easier.

[don570]

Not sure how or why you label it as a test/experiment program?

You can change the level of compression to speed it up.
You can rewrite the compression function in the script

I suggest some commands here...
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 22#1050522

Instructions to use pigz in terminal...

cd into directory that you want to compress.
Code:
tar --use-compress-program="pigz --best --recursive" -cf ../archive.tar.gz *


or you can avoid CD into the folder with this command
where you just state the directory's name...

Code:
tar cf - "New Dir" | pigz -9 > archive.tar.gz