How to add zstd and lz4 algorithm to tar on MacOS?

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So my tar version on MacOS doesn't seem to support the zstd or lz4 algorithms, and I am unsure how to update tar or add support for it. My Ubuntu's tar version seems to have support for zstd.

I think it already implemented. man tar. for compress. --zstd. for decompress, tar x is good enough. — obarisk, Mar 28 '23 at 03:32

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 04 '23 at 23:24

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Here is how you can use zstd with older versions of tar.

tar cvf - "directory" | zstd > "archive.tar.zstd"

You also might want to check out gnu-tar from homebrew.

answered Jun 04 '23 at 23:24

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How to add zstd and lz4 algorithm to tar on MacOS?

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