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</para>
<para>
The compression method can be set to <literal>gzip</literal>,
- <literal>lz4</literal>, <literal>zstd</literal>, or
- <literal>none</literal> for no compression. A compression detail
- string can optionally be specified. If the detail string is an
- integer, it specifies the compression level. Otherwise, it should be
- a comma-separated list of items, each of the form
- <literal>keyword</literal> or <literal>keyword=value</literal>.
+ <literal>lz4</literal>, <literal>zstd</literal>,
+ <literal>none</literal> for no compression or an integer (no
+ compression if 0, <literal>gzip</literal> if greater than 0).
+ A compression detail string can optionally be specified.
+ If the detail string is an integer, it specifies the compression
+ level. Otherwise, it should be a comma-separated list of items,
+ each of the form <literal>keyword</literal> or
+ <literal>keyword=value</literal>.
Currently, the supported keywords are <literal>level</literal>
and <literal>workers</literal>.
+ The detail string cannot be used when the compression method
+ is specified as a plain integer.
</para>
<para>
If no compression level is specified, the default compression level