filelist - This is a list of filenames, one name per line.

extension - File extension, indicating the compression method to use.

All files in filelist are compressed. The compression program is chosen based on extension.



The following file formats are currently supported:

Compressed file format	File extension	program
GNU Zip	gz	pigz
Zip	zip	zip
bzip2	bz2	bzip2
7z	7z	p7zip

Exceptions:

1. Files that already have the file extension are skipped.
2. Nothing is done if a file extension is found that is not in the table above.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_archive_formats

Dr. Brian Fristensky
Department of Plant Science
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB  Canada R3T 2N2
brian.fristensky@umanitoba.ca
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~frist