datagen > file # Compress with various levels and ensure that their sizes are ordered zstd --fast=10 file -o file-f10.zst -q zstd --fast=1 file -o file-f1.zst -q zstd -1 file -o file-1.zst -q zstd -19 file -o file-19.zst -q zstd -t file-f10.zst file-f1.zst file-1.zst file-19.zst 4 files decompressed : 262148 bytes total cmp_size -lt file-19.zst file-1.zst cmp_size -lt file-1.zst file-f1.zst cmp_size -lt file-f1.zst file-f10.zst # Test default levels zstd --fast file -f -q cmp file.zst file-f1.zst || die "--fast is not level -1" zstd -0 file -o file-0.zst -q zstd -f file -q cmp file.zst file-0.zst || die "Level 0 is not the default level" # Test level clamping zstd -99 file -o file-99.zst -q cmp file-19.zst file-99.zst || die "Level 99 is clamped to 19" zstd --fast=200000 file -c | zstd -t /*stdin*\ : 65537 bytes zstd -5000000000 -f file && die "Level too large, must fail" ||: error: numeric value overflows 32-bit unsigned int zstd --fast=5000000000 -f file && die "Level too large, must fail" ||: error: numeric value overflows 32-bit unsigned int # Test setting a level through the environment variable ZSTD_CLEVEL=-10 zstd file -o file-f10-env.zst -q ZSTD_CLEVEL=1 zstd file -o file-1-env.zst -q ZSTD_CLEVEL=+19 zstd file -o file-19-env.zst -q ZSTD_CLEVEL=+99 zstd file -o file-99-env.zst -q cmp file-f10.zst file-f10-env.zst || die "Environment variable failed to set level" cmp file-1.zst file-1-env.zst || die "Environment variable failed to set level" cmp file-19.zst file-19-env.zst || die "Environment variable failed to set level" cmp file-99.zst file-99-env.zst || die "Environment variable failed to set level" # Test invalid environment clevel is the default level zstd -f file -q ZSTD_CLEVEL=- zstd -f file -o file-env.zst -q ; cmp file.zst file-env.zst Ignore environment variable setting ZSTD_CLEVEL=-: not a valid integer value ZSTD_CLEVEL=+ zstd -f file -o file-env.zst -q ; cmp file.zst file-env.zst Ignore environment variable setting ZSTD_CLEVEL=+: not a valid integer value ZSTD_CLEVEL=a zstd -f file -o file-env.zst -q ; cmp file.zst file-env.zst Ignore environment variable setting ZSTD_CLEVEL=a: not a valid integer value ZSTD_CLEVEL=-a zstd -f file -o file-env.zst -q ; cmp file.zst file-env.zst Ignore environment variable setting ZSTD_CLEVEL=-a: not a valid integer value ZSTD_CLEVEL=+a zstd -f file -o file-env.zst -q ; cmp file.zst file-env.zst Ignore environment variable setting ZSTD_CLEVEL=+a: not a valid integer value ZSTD_CLEVEL=3a7 zstd -f file -o file-env.zst -q ; cmp file.zst file-env.zst Ignore environment variable setting ZSTD_CLEVEL=3a7: not a valid integer value ZSTD_CLEVEL=5000000000 zstd -f file -o file-env.zst -q ; cmp file.zst file-env.zst Ignore environment variable setting ZSTD_CLEVEL=5000000000: numeric value too large # Test environment clevel is overridden by command line ZSTD_CLEVEL=10 zstd -f file -1 -o file-1-env.zst -q ZSTD_CLEVEL=10 zstd -f file --fast=1 -o file-f1-env.zst -q cmp file-1.zst file-1-env.zst || die "Environment variable not overridden" cmp file-f1.zst file-f1-env.zst || die "Environment variable not overridden"