Re: show/compare compression algorithm/level

Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.dar.support
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>On 21/06/2019 19:53, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> is it possible when listing dar archive to show the compression
>> algorithm and level used for files?
>>
>> and when merging archives, e.g. creating decremental archive, does
>> dar detect the same file even if it's compressed using different
>> algorithm/level?

On 21.06.19 23:48, Denis Corbin wrote:
>dar -l <archive> -q
>
>will let you see the compression algorithm used, but not the
>compression level. For that you can use for example '--user-comment
>%c' at archive creation time (let you refer to the man page for this
>option details) and see what was the command line used to create the
>archive.

so, only one compression scheme can be used per archive?
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