08-03-2011
What Operating System and version are you using?
How big is the largest archive (before and after compression)?
How big is the largest file (before and after compression)?
As others suggest, compressing an archive is foolish because you cannot extract individual files without decompressing the entire archive.
Is fitting lots more disc an option? In general there is no reason nowadays to compress files (because disc space is cheap) unless you need to copy them across a network.
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advzip
AdvanceCOMP ZIP Compression Utility(1) General Commands Manual AdvanceCOMP ZIP Compression Utility(1)
NAME
advzip - AdvanceCOMP ZIP Compression Utility
SYNOPSIS
advzip [-a, --add] [-x, --extract] [-l, --list]
[-z, --recompress] [-t, --test] [-0, --shrink-store]
[-1, --shrink-fast] [-2, --shrink-normal] [-3, --shrink-extra]
[-4, --shrink-insane] [-N, --not-zip] [-p, --pedantic] [-q, --quiet]
[-h, --help] [-V, --version] ARCHIVES... [FILES...]
DESCRIPTION
The main purpose of this utility is to recompress and test the zip archives to get the smallest possible size.
For recompression the 7-Zip (www.7-zip.com) Deflate implementation is used. This implementation generally gives 5-10% more compression than
the zLib Deflate implementation.
For experimental purpose also the 7-Zip LZMA algorithm is available with the -N option. In this case, the generated zips WILL NOT BE USABLE
by any other program. To make them usable you need to recompress them without the -N option. Generally this algorithm gives 10-20% more
compression than the 7-Zip Deflate implementation.
OPTIONS
-a, --add ARCHIVE FILES...
Create the specified archive with the specified files. You must specify only one archive.
-x, --extract ARCHIVE
Extract all the files on the specified archive. You must specify only one archive.
-l, --list ARCHIVES...
List the content of the specified archives.
-z, --recompress ARCHIVES...
Recompress the specified archives. If the -1, -2, -3 options are specified, it's used the smallest file choice from: the previous
compressed data, the new compression and the uncompressed format. If the -0 option is specified the archive is always rewritten
without any compression.
-t, --test ARCHIVES...
Test the specified archives. The tests may be extended with the -p option.
-N, --not-zip
Use the LZMA algorithm when compressing. The generated zips will not be readable by any other application!
-p, --pedantic
Be pedantic on the zip tests. If this flag is enabled some more extensive tests on the zip integrity are done. These tests are gen-
erally not done by other zip utilities.
-0, --shrink-store
Disable the compression. The file is only stored and not compressed. This option is very useful to expand the archives of .png and
.mp3 files. These files are already compressed, trying to compress them another time is really a waste of time and resource.
-1, --shrink-fast
Set the compression level to "fast".
-2, --shrink-normal
Set the compression level to "normal". This is the default level of compression.
-3, --shrink-extra
Set the compression level to "extra".
-4, --shrink-insane
Set the compression level to "insane".
COPYRIGHT
This file is Copyright (C) 2002 Andrea Mazzoleni, Filipe Estima
SEE ALSO
advpng(1), advmng(1), advdef(1)
AdvanceCOMP ZIP Compression Utility(1)