Tar typically uses only 1 CPU core when compressing files. Here is how you can make use of all CPU cores when compressing archives with Tar.
By John Perkins – Nov 13, 2020
Pigz is a multi-threaded implementation of gzip that allows you to compress files to the gzip format quickly. Here is how to compress files with pigz.
By Odysseas Kourafalos – May 15, 2020
Sometimes you need to pack multiple files and/or directories into a single file. These are some tar commands you can use to archive and compress your files.
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