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diff --git a/src/lzmainfo/lzmainfo.1 b/src/lzmainfo/lzmainfo.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ce38eee --- /dev/null +++ b/src/lzmainfo/lzmainfo.1 @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +.\" +.\" Author: Lasse Collin +.\" +.\" This file has been put into the public domain. +.\" You can do whatever you want with this file. +.\" +.TH LZMAINFO 1 "2013-06-30" "Tukaani" "XZ Utils" +.SH NAME +lzmainfo \- show information stored in the .lzma file header +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B lzmainfo +.RB [ \-\-help ] +.RB [ \-\-version ] +.RI [ file... ] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B lzmainfo +shows information stored in the +.B .lzma +file header. +It reads the first 13 bytes from the specified +.IR file , +decodes the header, and prints it to standard output in human +readable format. +If no +.I files +are given or +.I file +is +.BR \- , +standard input is read. +.PP +Usually the most interesting information is +the uncompressed size and the dictionary size. +Uncompressed size can be shown only if +the file is in the non-streamed +.B .lzma +format variant. +The amount of memory required to decompress the file is +a few dozen kilobytes plus the dictionary size. +.PP +.B lzmainfo +is included in XZ Utils primarily for +backward compatibility with LZMA Utils. +.SH "EXIT STATUS" +.TP +.B 0 +All is good. +.TP +.B 1 +An error occurred. +.SH BUGS +.B lzmainfo +uses +.B MB +while the correct suffix would be +.B MiB +(2^20 bytes). +This is to keep the output compatible with LZMA Utils. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR xz (1) |