dotfiles/tools/compress-large-dir

#!/bin/bash
set -eo pipefail

if [ -z $1 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 dir"
    exit 1
fi

dir="${1%/*}"

if [ ! -e $dir ]; then
  echo "$dir doesn't exist"
  exit 1
fi

tar -cf - $dir | pv -ptabI -s $(du -sb $dir | awk '{print $1}') | pixz -9 -f 3 -p $((`nproc`-1)) > $dir.tar.xz