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Optimal tar compression
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| find $d -type f | rev | sort | rev | tar -c -T /dev/stdin -f - | pv -pterb -B 10m -s $(du -ms $d | cut -f1)m -W -i 10 | bzip2 -6 > $d.tar.bz2; |
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The idea is to have all the files sorted by suffix as this provides the largest gain for compression by increasing the chance to find repeating strings.
The pv is for progress meter and can be omitted if not installed.