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Soumya
Soumya

Reputation: 893

How to archive large folders when the space available is limited

I am trying to compress a folder and create a zip file. The size of the folder is nearly 75 GB and the total disk space is 100 GB. So,when I am trying to use common zipping utilities like 7z or Peazip,they are running out of space.

Is there a way/software which deletes the original file as soon as it is archived - so that I don't run out of space.

I can write a bit of perl code using Archive::zip but not sure if that is the best method.

Please advice.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 457

Answers (3)

Thomas Mueller
Thomas Mueller

Reputation: 50127

I would divide the input into multiple chunks, each one 10 GB or so, and compress them individually. Most compression tools will anyway not benefit from a very large input.

Upvotes: 0

alex
alex

Reputation: 1304

You can repeatedly use the 'move' command of the ZIP (switch -m) to add individual files to the existing zip archive.

zip -m /path/to/zipfile.zip file1 file2 file3

Upvotes: 1

GWP
GWP

Reputation: 131

Compress the individual files first, THEN create the zipfile.

Upvotes: 0

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