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.\" Man page generated from reStructuredText.
.
-.TH BORG-COMPRESSION 1 "2017-11-25" "" "borg backup tool"
+.TH BORG-COMPRESSION 1 "2019-02-24" "" "borg backup tool"
.SH NAME
borg-compression \- Details regarding compression
.
@@ -50,7 +50,13 @@ Valid compression specifiers are:
Do not compress.
.TP
.B lz4
-Use lz4 compression. High speed, low compression. (default)
+Use lz4 compression. Very high speed, very low compression. (default)
+.TP
+.B zstd[,L]
+Use zstd ("zstandard") compression, a modern wide\-range algorithm.
+If you do not explicitly give the compression level L (ranging from 1
+to 22), it will use level 3.
+Archives compressed with zstd are not compatible with borg < 1.1.4.
.TP
.B zlib[,L]
Use zlib ("gz") compression. Medium speed, medium compression.
@@ -82,6 +88,8 @@ Examples:
.nf
.ft C
borg create \-\-compression lz4 REPO::ARCHIVE data
+borg create \-\-compression zstd REPO::ARCHIVE data
+borg create \-\-compression zstd,10 REPO::ARCHIVE data
borg create \-\-compression zlib REPO::ARCHIVE data
borg create \-\-compression zlib,1 REPO::ARCHIVE data
borg create \-\-compression auto,lzma,6 REPO::ARCHIVE data