lrztar

wrapper for lrzip that simplifies compression of directories

TLDR

Archive and compress directory

$ lrztar [path/to/directory]

Compress with ZPAQ (extreme)

$ lrztar --zpaq [path/to/directory]

Specify output file

$ lrztar -o [path/to/output] [path/to/directory]

Set thread count

$ lrztar --threads 8 [path/to/directory]

Force overwrite existing

$ lrztar --force [path/to/directory]

SYNOPSIS

lrztar [options] directory

DESCRIPTION

lrztar is a wrapper for lrzip that simplifies compression of directories. It first creates a tar archive, then compresses it using lrzip's long-range compression algorithms.

PARAMETERS

-z, --zpaq

Use ZPAQ compression (extreme, slow)

-o, --outfile FILE

Specify output filename

-p, --threads N

Number of processor threads

-f, --force

Force overwrite existing files

-v, --verbose

Verbose output

CAVEATS

Output filename defaults to directory name with .tar.lrz extension. ZPAQ provides best compression but is very slow.