Bulk directories
filerepack bulk scans a directory and runs the same packers as repack.
filerepack bulk ./documents --jobs auto --progress
filerepack bulk ./photos --include-ext jpg,png,webp --progress
filerepack bulk ./archives --include-ext tar.gz --progress
bulk needs --progress (unlike repack, which is on for a TTY). Install
filerepack[progress] for a rich bar.
Filters
| Flag | Meaning |
|---|---|
--include-ext / --exclude-ext | Comma-separated extension filters |
--min-size / --max-size | Size filters (1MB, 100KB, …) |
--min-savings PCT | Keep result only if savings ≥ PCT |
--exclude-dir | Extra directory names to skip |
--skip-zip / --no-skip-zip | Skip top-level .zip (default: skip) |
--include-ext tar.gz matches compound names. --include-ext gz and
--include-ext jpg also match aliases (.tgz, .jpeg, .thm, …).
Default skipped directories: .git, .hg, .svn, .tox, .venv, venv,
node_modules, __pycache__, .mypy_cache, .pytest_cache.
Parallelism and errors
filerepack bulk ./documents --min-size 1MB --min-savings 5 --jobs auto --continue-on-error
--jobs auto uses a process pool. --continue-on-error does not stop the scan
on a failure (exit code 2 if some files failed).
Size arguments accept 1000, 1KB, 1.5MB, 2GB.
See bulk and shared options.