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# lrztar

> A wrapper for `lrzip` to simplify compression of directories.
> See also: `tar`, `lrzuntar`, `lrunzip`.
> More information: <https://manned.org/lrztar>.

- Archive a directory with tar, then compress:

`lrztar {{path/to/directory}}`

- Same as above, with ZPAQ - extreme compression, but very slow:

`lrztar {{[-z|--zpaq]}} {{path/to/directory}}`

- Specify the output file:

`lrztar {{[-o|--outfile]}} {{path/to/file}} {{path/to/directory}}`

- Override the number of processor threads to use:

`lrztar {{[-p|--threads]}} {{8}} {{path/to/directory}}`

- Force overwriting of existing files:

`lrztar {{[-f|--force]}} {{path/to/directory}}`