llxzy / file-compress

A tool used to compress files in a directory into gzip format

Project

The project is a script tool to compress files into .gz gzip format.

Usage

python3 main.py <path-to-directory>

For example, if you wanted to compress the files in the /var/log directory, the command would be:

python3 main.py /var/log

Alternatively, you may set up the script as a cron job. The included run.sh script does this, with default values being repeating monthly and the directory being /var/log, you can change those values by editing the run.sh file yourself. Then, run the following

chmod +x run.sh
./run.sh

to set the bash script as executable and run the script.

Tests

The project includes simple tests of its functionality, which you can run using:

python3 test.py

The results of the test depend on the existing directory structure, changing it may result in tests failing.