zst_compress

Batch compress to or decompress dir/*.tar.zst

Scope

• Do zst batch compression within rust.
• Simplify the work for team data maintainers.

Features

• Glob Pattern Matching: Support for standard glob patterns (*, ?, []) for file inclusion/exclusion
• Regular Expression Support: Optional regex patterns for advanced file filtering (requires regex feature)
• Batch Processing: Efficiently process multiple files in a directory
• Cross-platform: Works on Linux, Windows, and macOS

Optional Features

Feature	Description	Default
regex	Enable regular expression pattern matching for advanced file filtering	No

Installation

You could choose to install from pre-built binary or Build from source.

Install from pre-built binary

For Windows 10/11 systems

1. Extract zst_compress-<version>.zip

   Put it into searching path if you like to.

2. Change directory to the archive folder you are working with, open windows terminal and run zst_compress.exe -h and follow the instructions.

   If zst_compress.exe was not in Path, just run with absolute path.

For Linux systems

1. Extract zst_compress-<version>.tar.zst with: tar -xvf zst_compress-<version>.tar.zst

   Put it into searching path if you like to.

2. In terminal emulator, change directory to the archive folder you are working with, run zst_compress -h and follow the instructions.

Build from source

The program was brought with 🦀Rust and therefore can work with most Rust hosts.

This will work for Linux, Windows, macOS with different chips.

1. Install Rust: follow the tutorial to install Rust.

2. Install a Rust toolchain.

3. Install zst_compress with cargo install --locked zst_compress.

4. Now you are ready to run zst_compress -h.

Usage

Usage: zst_compress [OPTIONS] <DIRECTORY>

Arguments:
  <DIRECTORY>  Directory to start processing

Options:
  -n, --dryrun               Preview what would be done without executing
  -e, --exclude <PATTERN>    Exclude files matching glob pattern(s)
      --excludere <PATTERN>  Exclude files matching regex pattern(s)
  -x, --extract              Extract files (decompress mode)
  -f, --flag                 Create compression message file on the compression
  -i, --include <PATTERN>    Include files matching glob pattern(s) [default: *]
      --includere <PATTERN>  Include files matching regex pattern(s)
  -l, --leveldir <LEVEL>     Directory listing depth for logs in *_archive_filelist.txt [default: 4]
  -p, --preserve             Keep original (do not delete) files after compression
  -q, --quiet                Suppress output except errors (NO FUNCTION)
  -t, --target <DIRECTORY>   Output directory [default: DIRECTORY to start]
  -v, --verbose              Show detailed progress information (NO FUNCTION)
  -z, --zstdlevel <LEVEL>    Zstandard compress level, 1(fastest) to 22(smallest); [default: 3]
  -h, --help                 Print help
  -V, --version              Print version