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Bzip2 doesn't handle multiple cores as far as I'm aware, but tools such as pbzip2 can. I wrote about this some time ago: https://hackercodex.com/guide/parallel-
by justinmayer 11y ago
Bzip2 doesn't handle multiple cores as far as I'm aware, but tools such as pbzip2 can. I wrote about this some time ago: https://hackercodex.com/guide/parallel-bzip-compression/ https://hackercodex.com/guide/parallel-bzip-compression/
That said, parallel XZ is even better: https://github.com/vasi/pixz https://github.com/vasi/pixz