Compressing a Library Using Library Manager

This section describes the procedure of compressing a library.

To compress a library:

Select Compression enabled to compress the library while creating a library, which results in reducing the disk storage space, offers faster load, and saves transfer time.By default, the Compression enabled check box is not selected.
Once a new library is created with the Compression enabled check box selected, the Library Manager window shows a new compression icon corresponding to the compressed libraries.
To view this icon, right-click the first library in the Library list box and select the [header options] – Show compression enabled option.
The compression icon is displayed for compressed libraries. Placing the pointer on a compressed library displays a tooltip indicating the compression status as enabled.

The showCompressionDefault value in .cdsenv sets the compression zip icon to be displayed as default if the $HOME/.libmgr file is either missing or has no showCompression value. For example, cdsLibManager.showCompression: 1.Once the value in the $HOME/.libmgr file is saved as either 0 or 1, then that value is considered instead of the .cdsenv value.
To remove the compression icon from the Library Manager window, you need to right-click the Library header and deselect the Show compression enabled option.

Additionally, you can make these enhancements to the Library Manager window:

Status Bar Notification
Status bar displays a name of the currently selected library, whether compressed or not, and the approximate free disk space of the volume holding the library at the lower-right corner of the window. For example, values in Megabytes (MB), Gigabytes (GB), or Terabytes (TB) of the free space is displayed.
Resizable list boxes
You can also resize all the list boxes together by pressing and holding the Ctrl key and dragging the mouse pointer on one of the new list box divider. However, without using the Ctrl key pressed, only two adjacent list boxes would be sized at a time.