Expert Compression Settings for DropTar
When creating tar archives with DropTar you can choose to compress the archive you create with Gzip, Bzip2, Unix Compress, or StuffIt. The following advanced settings are available:
- Gzip: You can set the compression level for Gzip compression between 1 and 15. At level 1 compression will be very fast, but the archives will be larger. At level 15 compression will be very slow, but the archives will be very small.
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Bzip2:You can set the compression level for Bzip2 compression between 1 and 9. At level 1 compression will be very fast, but the archives will be larger. At level 9 compression will be very slow, but the archives will be very small.
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Unix Compress:You can set the compression level for UnixCompress compression between 1 and 5. At level 1 compression will be very fast, but the archives will be larger. At level 5 compression will be very slow, but the archives will be very small.
- StuffIt: When creating StuffIt (.sit) archives you can choose between the following compression methods: ÒFastestÓ, ÒBestÓ and ÒChoose Method by AnalysisÓ. The latter choice breaks the file being compressed into bite size pieces and compresses each piece using whichever method produces the smallest output for that chunk of data. This makes it very slow but it generally produces the smallest possible files. You can also choose to use ÒNo CompressionÓ at all when creating archives.
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