Questions tagged [zstd]
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Using Debian Stretch to build 5.15.x kernel with zstd compression fails with incorrect parameters
I had to move from Jessie to Stretch as kernel 5.15.49 requires gcc 5.x version (Jessie had 4.9 version Stretch 6.x). I decided to try the ZSTD module compression option in 5.15.x. I ensured to apt-...
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zst compression not supported by apt/dpkg
I'm running Debian, namely:
# uname -A
Linux martlins2 5.10.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.46-4 (2021-08-03) x86_64 GNU/Linux
and for some time I see some errors telling that some parts of some ...
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How to tell if btrfs subvolumes are actually compressed or not
I have mounted Btrfs subvolumes (including /home) with the compress=no option in /etc/fstab. However, when I run btrfs inspect-internal dump-super -a <device_name> (both, on the running system, ...
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tar creates an absolute sub directory within the compressed file
I would like to tar a folder using zstd. My folder contains subfolders a and b.
I am tar-ing using this:
tar --zstd -cvf /dest/path/to/output/archive.tar.zstd /full/path/to/src/folder
However, this ...
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Is there an equivalent of zdiff for zstandard
Is there an equivalent of the gzip utility zdiff(1), but for zstandard?
I have not been able to find anything in the zstandard repository other than zstdgrep and zstdless.
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Is there a compression tool with an arbitrarily large dictionary?
I am looking for a compression tool with an arbitrarily large dictionary (and "block size"). Let me explain by way of examples.
First let us create 32MB random data and then concatenate it to itself ...
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How can I separate multiple files from single file caused by zstd -r folder -o output.zst?
I didn't read enough the manual and run the following command
$ zstd -r folder -o output.zst
The following command gave me back a single file called output
$ unzstd output.zst
The output file ...
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Avoid pipeline stalls from write caching to usb drive
I have the following process I use for backups:
btrfs send snapshots/home-2016-06-04 |
zstd --verbose -T4 - |
gpg --batch --passphrase-file /tmp/secret --compress-algo none --symmetric - >
/mnt/...
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compressing and decompressing dd image - zstd instead of gzip
Earlier I was using fsarchiver to create compressed partition image. Due to some weird behavior I am choosing to replace it with dd.
However, I like how fsarchiver compressed with zstd.
So, I ...
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Is zstd for zram actually available in Linux 4.15?
I found zstd in /drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c, but I can't find anything zstd-related in /crypto.
So is zstd for zram actually available in Linux 4.15 or not?
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How to set a non default zstd compression level at btrfs filesystem defragment?
# btrfs filesystem defragment -r -v -czstd:15 /
ERROR: unknown compression type zstd:15
# btrfs filesystem defragment -r -v -czstd_15 /
ERROR: unknown compression type zstd_15
# btrfs filesystem ...
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