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Why not use DBMT ? The DBMT task was not designed to replace and deprecate the COMPACT task (was it ?). They have different purposes. The DBMT is heavy and intended for batches of mail files, and dislikes processing system databases (whose list is growing, another problem). DBMT does process many tasks I have no need for (like inbox view indexing), it is dirty to use it just for a simple copy-style compact. Also, DBMT cannot repair a database like I do with COMPACT -CDi. And so on.
DBMT is the reocommended tool. but there are operations that only compact can do.
Some can be mixed. For example enabling some options without a copy style compact with the normal compact task and then use DBMT to perform the actual compact.
But I agree the standard compact should be able to do the same pre-alloc compact.
Also as discussed with the author of this idea on OpenNTF Discord, there is currently an issue with DBMT which cannot compact system databases with IND files. Only if you select them one by one.
This regression has been introduced by a change in the way the IND files are processed.
The right fix for that would be to introduce the inverted -W option for DBMT that we know form compact.
compact by default allows to compact system databases.
DBMT prevents to compact sytem databases unless selected one by one.
The question came up also in context of my start script where I use DBMT with a IND file for off-line maintenance.
This doesn't work any more since Domino 12.0+
IMHO it should be one idea to enhance both tools. it's just a matter of flags added to the tools.
Compact got multi threading support vi -# option a while ago. So only the pre-alloc would be missing.
Why not use DBMT ?