MTX - The Universal Accelerator

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Originally Posted by Cesar82

Just out of curiosity, if I use it like this:

DiskSpan_x64.ini:

[External compressor:mpz,MPZ,mpzapi,MPZAPI]
header    = 0
packcmd   = "MEDIA\MPZ\mpzapi.exe" c <stdin> <stdout>
unpackcmd = "MEDIA\MPZ\mpzapi.exe" d <stdin> <stdout>

[External compressor:mpz_mtx,MPZ_MTX,mpzapi_mtx,MPZAPI_MTX]
header    = 0
default   = -c:64m -t:100p --mainpath=".\..\..\..\" --config="%MainPath%\DiskSpan_x64.ini" --tmppath="%MainPath%\..\TEMP"
packcmd   = "OTHERS\MTX\Win64\MTX.exe" a:mpz {options} - - <stdin> <stdout>
unpackcmd = "OTHERS\MTX\Win64\MTX.exe" x:mpz {options} - - <stdin> <stdout>

And add MTX.ini file next to MTX.exe with the config:

MTX.ini

[MTX]
MainPath=.\..\..\..\
Config=%MainPath%\DiskSpan_x64.ini
TmpPath=%MainPath%\..\TEMP

Question is as follows:
Will the "-c:64m -t:100p" settings be applied to MTX.exe, or will they be ignored?

Thanks!

those settings are not ignored ( -c:64m -t:100p ).


ok cesar,

we use MTX.ini to define only "MainPath", "ConfigFile" and "TempPath".


let us consider,
if MTX.exe doesn't find any MTX.ini near MTX.exe, it will look for MTX.exe options ( --mainpath, --config and --tmppath). if those options are also not found, it uses its default values.

in your case, there is MTX.ini next to MTX.exe. therefore, the "--mainpath", "--config" and "--tmppath" options will be ignored.

but the only place to set values for "-t:" and "-c:" is the command line. so nothing can ignore those values.


finally, MTX.exe will ignore some options as the code below because you have used MTX.ini. (Marked in red).

[External compressor:mpz_mtx,MPZ_MTX,mpzapi_mtx,MPZAPI_MTX]
header    = 0
default   = -c:64m -t:100p --mainpath=".\..\..\..\" --config="%MainPath%\DiskSpan_x64.ini" --tmppath="%MainPath%\..\TEMP"
packcmd   = "OTHERS\MTX\Win64\MTX.exe" a:mpz {options} - - <stdin> <stdout>
unpackcmd = "OTHERS\MTX\Win64\MTX.exe" x:mpz {options} - - <stdin> <stdout>

Extra: (not related to the question)

during decompression, MTX.exe doesn't retrieve values for "ChunkSize" from users. therefore it is better to use as follows.

[External compressor:mpz_mtx,MPZ_MTX,mpzapi_mtx,MPZAPI_MTX]
header    = 0
default   = -t:100p
packcmd   = "OTHERS\MTX\Win64\MTX.exe" a:mpz -c:64m {options} - - <stdin> <stdout>
unpackcmd = "OTHERS\MTX\Win64\MTX.exe" x:mpz {options} - - <stdin> <stdout>