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I use Zstd specifically with tar
to make backups ever since I realized how fast it is. But that is a complete different thing than this day to day tool, where Zstd is not needed.
i always envy people who can do formatting/styling well.
why 7z instead of tar with xz or gzip? is it better somehow?
No, I'm just used to use 7z. As it does lot of formats, its my default program for archive stuff. In example I also use often 7z as file format too (toarchive 7z files
). And to calculate crc32, not sure if the other tools print that information.
i'd image that you'd use other tools to do that and i ask because you're not the first to extol 7z instead of the old tools that us greybeards of come accustomed to using over the last decades; i dont wanna be left behind to ossify. lol
Well I used to use gzip to create .gz
files. But as I use 7z a lot, that inspired me to write this function to get a similar functionality. Only the auto delete original files is not implemented. Maybe in the future. BTW I also use tar
for backing up files with a custom backup script. Want to share it someday too, but never got around to make it usable for others. So at least I'm half greybeard. :D
if you want to be a full greybeard, just tell them to rtfm instead of making it for them. lol