zst_compress

zst_compress

Batch compress to or decompress dir/*.tar.zst

Scope

• Do zst batch compression within rust.

• Simplify the work for team data maintainers.

Installation

You could choose to install from pre-built binary or Build from source.

Install from pre-built binary

For Windows 10/11 systems

• Extract zst_compress-<version>.zip

  Put it into searching path if you like to.

• Change directory to the archive folder you are working with, open windows terminal and run zst_compress.exe -h and follow the instructions.

  If zst_compress.exe was not in Path, just run with absolute path.

For Linux systems

• Extract zst_compress-<version>.tar.zst with: tar -xvf zst_compress-<version>.tar.zst

  Put it into searching path if you like to.

• In terminal emulator, change directory to the archive folder you are working with, run zst_compress -h and follow the instructions.

Build from source

The program was brought with 🦀Rust and therefore can work with most Rust hosts.

This will work for Linux, Windows, macOS with different chips.

• Install Rust: follow the tutorial to install Rust.

• Install a Rust toolchain.

• Install zst_compress with cargo install --locked zst_compress.

• Now you are ready to run zst_compress -h.

Usage

Usage: zst_extract.exe [OPTIONS]

Options:
  -p, --preserve               Preseve original files after compression
  -f, --flag                   Leave flag text pointing to compression target
  -i, --input <INPUT>          Select a single input file instead of ./*
  -x                           Extract file from batch archived
  -l, --leveldir <LEVELDIR>    Select recursive level for listing directory; default to 4
  -t, --target <TARGET>        Target location for oprated files; default to current
  -z, --zstdlevel <ZSTDLEVEL>  Zstandard level, 1(fastest) to 22(smallest); default to 3
  -h, --help                   Print help
  -V, --version                Print version