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-#!/bin/sh
-# Reads filenames on stdin, xz-compresses each in place.
-# Not optimal for "compress relatively few, large files" scenario!
-
-# How many xz's to run in parallel:
-procgroup=""
-while test "$#" != 0; do
- # Get it from -jNUM
- N="${1#-j}"
- if test "$N" = "$1"; then
- # Not -j<something> - warn and ignore
- echo "parallel_xz: warning: unrecognized argument: '$1'"
- else
- procgroup="$N"
- fi
- shift
-done
-
-# If told to use only one cpu:
-test "$procgroup" || exec xargs -r xz
-test "$procgroup" = 1 && exec xargs -r xz
-
-# xz has some startup cost. If files are really small,
-# this cost might be significant. To combat this,
-# process several files (in sequence) by each xz process via -n 16:
-exec xargs -r -n 16 -P $procgroup xz