On 2020-10-07 12:31, ITwrx wrote:
> On 10/6/20 6:32 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am noticing that
>>
>> tar czvf xxxxx
>>
>> is only using one of my cores (and pretty much all of
>> the core).
>>
>> Is there a way to get it to use more than one core?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> -T
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> out of curiosity i did a search and you might find this interesting:
>
http://zlib.net/pigz/
FYI, it is already in the fedora repos
Name : pigz
Version : 2.4
Release : 6.fc32
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 138 k
Source : pigz-2.4-6.fc32.src.rpm
Repository : @System
From repo : fedora
Summary : Parallel implementation of gzip
URL :
http://www.zlib.net/pigz/
License : zlib
Description : pigz, which stands for parallel implementation of gzip,
: is a fully functional replacement for gzip that exploits
: multiple processors and multiple cores to the hilt when compressing
: data.
How would I use this in place of `tar czvf xxx`?
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