diff --git a/scripts/bin/compress-zst-gpg b/scripts/bin/compress-zst-gpg
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+level="${level:-19}"
+
+cmd=$(which tar)
+if command -v "gtar" &> /dev/null; then
+    cmd=$(which gtar)
+fi
+echo "Using $cmd"
+
+name="$1".tar.zst.gpg
+shift
+echo "Output to $name"
+
+cores=$(python3 -c "import os; print(os.cpu_count())")
+echo "Starting ZSTD compression with $cores cores and level $level"
+"$cmd" -I "zstd -T$cores -$level" --checkpoint=.1024 --totals --totals=SIGUSR1 -cf - "$@" | gpg --symmetric --cipher-algo aes256 -o "$name"
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