diff --git a/pages/linux/lrztar.md b/pages/linux/lrztar.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..233a51bd75 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/linux/lrztar.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +# lrztar + +> A wrapper for `lrzip` to simplify compression of directories. +> See also: `tar`, `lrzuntar`, `lrunzip`. + +- Archive a directory with `tar`, then compress: + +`lrztar {{path/to/directory}}` + +- Same as above, with ZPAQ - extreme compression, but very slow: + +`lrztar -z {{path/to/directory}}` + +- Specify the output file: + +`lrztar -o {{path/to/file}} {{path/to/directory}}` + +- Override the number of processor threads to use: + +`lrztar -p {{8}} {{path/to/directory}}` + +- Force overwriting of existing files: + +`lrztar -f {{path/to/directory}}`