pigz: add directory compression example (#3139)

2019-06-26 18:44:47 -06:00
parent 39f6f93a5c
commit 613e171318
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--- a/pages/common/pigz.md
+++ b/pages/common/pigz.md
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@

 `pigz -0 -p{{4}} {{filename}}`

+- Compress a directory using tar:
+
+`tar cf - {{path/to/directory}} | pigz > {{filename}}.tar.gz`
+
 - Decompress a file:

 `pigz -d {{archive.gz}}`