pigz A functional replacement for gzip
PBZIP2 A replacement for the bzip2 block-sorting file compressor
PXZ A Multicore compressor runs LZMA compression on multiple processors
lbzip2 Unlike PBZIP2, this utility is suited for serial and parallel processing.
plzip Multithread lossless data compressor. It is based on lzib.
lrzip This compressor is especially suited to compress large files.
pixz This indexing XZ compression tool, is compatible with XZ. LZMA and LZMA2.
Indeed lrzip has superior compression on large, files but is extremely slow.
Use if you're cramped for space. (IMHO)
Plus it's a one-file-at-a time compressor. For multiple files, you first have to round them up
in an uncompressed archive such as with tar or with zip -0, and then use lrzip.
Additionally, it offers no significant improvement if used on already compressed media
(movies, music formats).
IHTH _________________ musher0
~~~~~~~~~~
"You want it darker? We kill the flame." (L. Cohen)
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You cannot attach files in this forum You can download files in this forum