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authorDaniel Baumann <mail@daniel-baumann.ch>2015-11-06 12:51:21 +0000
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Clzip Manual
************
-This manual is for Clzip (version 1.6-rc1, 30 June 2014).
+This manual is for Clzip (version 1.6, 28 August 2014).
* Menu:
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ This manual is for Clzip (version 1.6-rc1, 30 June 2014).
* Concept index:: Index of concepts
- Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+ Copyright (C) 2010-2014 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
This manual is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to
copy, distribute and modify it.
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Clzip is a lossless data compressor with a user interface similar to the
one of gzip or bzip2. Clzip decompresses almost as fast as gzip,
compresses most files more than bzip2, and is better than both from a
data recovery perspective. Clzip is a clean implementation of the LZMA
-(Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain-Algorithm) algorithm.
+(Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain-Algorithm) "algorithm".
Clzip uses the lzip file format; the files produced by clzip are
fully compatible with lzip-1.4 or newer, and can be rescued with
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ into account both data integrity and decoder availability:
* Additionally lzip is copylefted, which guarantees that it will
remain free forever.
+ A nice feature of the lzip format is that a corrupt byte is easier to
+repair the nearer it is from the beginning of the file. Therefore, with
+the help of lziprecover, losing an entire archive just because of a
+corrupt byte near the beginning is a thing of the past.
+
The member trailer stores the 32-bit CRC of the original data, the
size of the original data and the size of the member. These values,
together with the value remaining in the range decoder and the
@@ -79,7 +84,8 @@ uncompressed data.
Clzip uses the same well-defined exit status values used by lzip and
bzip2, which makes it safer than compressors returning ambiguous warning
-values (like gzip) when it is used as a back end for tar or zutils.
+values (like gzip) when it is used as a back end for other programs like
+tar or zutils.
The amount of memory required for compression is about 1 or 2 times
the dictionary size limit (1 if input file size is less than dictionary
@@ -540,13 +546,13 @@ Concept index

Tag Table:
Node: Top210
-Node: Introduction917
-Node: Algorithm5824
-Node: Invoking clzip8630
-Node: File format14227
-Node: Examples16732
-Node: Problems18701
-Node: Concept index19227
+Node: Introduction896
+Node: Algorithm6095
+Node: Invoking clzip8901
+Node: File format14498
+Node: Examples17003
+Node: Problems18972
+Node: Concept index19498

End Tag Table