[compression]
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Specify various compression settings, such as compression utility,
compression level, etc.

**method** = gzip | pigz | bzip | lzop | lzma | gpg

    Define which compression method to use. Note that some methods may
    not be available by default on every system and may need to be compiled
    or installed and may not work with all the compression options.

**inline** = yes | no

    Whether or not to pipe the output of mysqldump into the compression
    utility. Enabling this is recommended since it usually only marginally
    impacts performance, particularly when using a lower compression
    level.

**level** = 0-9

    Specify the compression ratio. The lower the number, the lower the
    compression ratio, but the faster the backup will take. Generally,
    setting the lever to 1 or 2 results in favorable compression of
    textual data and is noticeably faster than the higher levels.
    Setting the level to 0 effectively disables compression.

**bin-path** = <full path to utility>

    This only needs to be defined if the compression utility is not in the
    usual places or not in the system path.

**options** = <string of otpions>

    Pass additional options not included in the above directly to the
    compression utility (e.g. ``--compress-algo=bzip2`` if using 'gpg').
