Compress.exe: File Compression Utility

This command-line tool can compress one or more files. These compressed files can be expanded with Expand.exe: File Expansion Utility

compress [-r] [-d] [-zx] [-z] [-zq[n]] Source Destination [-?]

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compress -r [-d] [-zx] [-z] [-zq[n]] Source [Destination] [-?]

Where:

-r: renames expanded files.
-d: updates compressed files only if out of date.
-zx: uses LZX compression.
-z: uses MS-ZIP compression.
-zq[n]: uses quantum compression. Optional level n must be in the range 1 to 7. The default is 4.
Source: specifies the source file. The * and ? wildcard characters can be used.
Destination: specifies the destination file or path. The destination can be a folder. If source specifies multiple files and -r is not specified, then destination must be a folder.
-?: shows command-line help.

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