Compress Files

cargo.toml

flate2 = "1.0.24"

main.rs

extern crate flate2;

use flate2::write::GzEncoder;
use std::env::args;
use std::fs::File;
use std::io::copy;
use std::io::BufReader;
use std::time::Instant;

fn main(){
    if args().len() != 3 {
        eprintln!("Usage: `source` `target`");
        return;
    }

    let mut input = BufReader::new(File::open(args().nth(1).unwrap()).unwrap());
    let output = File::create(args().nth(2).unwrap()).unwrap();
    let mut encoder = GzEncoder::new(output, flate2::Compression::default());
    let start = Instant::now();
    copy(&mut input, &mut encoder).unwrap();
    let output = encoder.finish().unwrap();

    println!(
        "Source len: {:?}",
        input.get_ref().metadata().unwrap().len()
    );
    println!("Target len: {:?}", output.metadata().unwrap().len());
    println!("Elapsed: {:?}", start.elapsed());

}

script.sh

cargo build
cargo run