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title: "Compress"
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description: "Compression Remote"
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date: "2020-09-14"
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---
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Compress (Experimental)
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The `Compress` remote adds compression to another remote. It is best used with remotes containing
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many large compressible files.
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Please read the [warnings](#warnings) before using this remote.
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To use this remote, all you need to do is specify another remote and a compression mode to use:
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```
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Current remotes:
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Name Type
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==== ====
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remote_to_press sometype
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e) Edit existing remote
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$ rclone config
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n) New remote
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d) Delete remote
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r) Rename remote
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c) Copy remote
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s) Set configuration password
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q) Quit config
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e/n/d/r/c/s/q> n
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name> compress
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...
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8 / Compress a remote
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\ "compress"
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...
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Storage> compress
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** See help for compress backend at: https://rclone.org/compress/ **
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Remote to compress.
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Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("").
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remote> remote_to_press:subdir
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Compression mode.
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Enter a string value. Press Enter for the default ("gzip").
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Choose a number from below, or type in your own value
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1 / Gzip compression balanced for speed and compression strength.
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\ "gzip"
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compression_mode> gzip
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Edit advanced config? (y/n)
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y) Yes
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n) No (default)
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y/n> n
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Remote config
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--------------------
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[compress]
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type = compress
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remote = remote_to_press:subdir
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compression_mode = gzip
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--------------------
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y) Yes this is OK (default)
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e) Edit this remote
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d) Delete this remote
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y/e/d> y
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```
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### Compression Modes
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Currently only gzip compression is supported, it provides a decent balance between speed and strength and is well
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supported by other application. Compression strength can further be configured via an advanced setting where 0 is no
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compression and 9 is strongest compression.
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#### Filetype
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If you open a remote wrapped by press, you will see that there are many files with an extension corresponding to
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the compression algorithm you chose. These files are standard files that can be opened by various archive programs,
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but they have some hidden metadata that allows them to be used by rclone.
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While you may download and decompress these files at will, do **not** manually delete or rename files. Files without
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correct metadata files will not be recognized by rclone.
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### File names
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The compressed files will be named `*.###########.gz` where `*` is the base file and the `#` part is base64 encoded
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size of the uncompressed file. The file names should not be changed by anything other than the rclone compression backend.
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#### Experimental
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This remote is currently **experimental**. Things may break and data may be lost. Anything you do with this remote is
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at your own risk. Please understand the risks associated with using experimental code and don't use this remote in
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critical applications.
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{{< rem autogenerated options start" - DO NOT EDIT - instead edit fs.RegInfo in backend/compress/compress.go then run make backenddocs" >}}
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### Standard Options
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Here are the standard options specific to compress (Compress a remote).
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#### --compress-remote
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Remote to compress.
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- Config: remote
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- Env Var: RCLONE_COMPRESS_REMOTE
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- Type: string
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- Default: ""
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#### --compress-mode
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Compression mode.
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- Config: mode
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- Env Var: RCLONE_COMPRESS_MODE
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- Type: string
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- Default: "gzip"
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- Examples:
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- "gzip"
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- Standard gzip compression with fastest parameters.
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### Advanced Options
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Here are the advanced options specific to compress (Compress a remote).
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#### --compress-level
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GZIP compression level (-2 to 9).
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Generally -1 (default, equivalent to 5) is recommended.
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Levels 1 to 9 increase compressiong at the cost of speed.. Going past 6
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generally offers very little return.
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Level -2 uses Huffmann encoding only. Only use if you now what you
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are doing
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Level 0 turns off compression.
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- Config: level
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- Env Var: RCLONE_COMPRESS_LEVEL
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- Type: int
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- Default: -1
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{{< rem autogenerated options stop >}}
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