Scope

• Do zst batch compression within rust.

• Simplify the work for team data maintainers.

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_extract.exe [OPTIONS]

Options:
  -p, --preserve         Preseve original files after compression
  -f, --flag             Leave flag text pointing to compression target
  -i, --input <INPUT>    Select a single input file instead of ./*
  -x                     Extract file from batch archived
  -l, --level <LEVEL>    Select recursive level for listing directory, default to 4
  -t, --target <TARGET>  Target location for oprated files, default to current
  -h, --help             Print help
  -V, --version          Print version