olivierpierre/pigzc.sh

Created July 13, 2016 19:01

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Compress a directory tree into a tarball using pigz

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	#!/bin/sh

	if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
	echo "Usage: $0 <folder to compress>"
	exit
	fi

	NAME=`basename $1`

	tar -c --use-compress-program=pigz -f $NAME.tar.gz $NAME

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olivierpierre commented Jul 13, 2016

The uncompress script is here.

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