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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.37.1.
-.TH CLZIP "1" "May 2011" "Clzip 1.2" "User Commands"
+.TH CLZIP "1" "February 2012" "Clzip 1.3" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
Clzip \- reduces the size of files
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ display this help and exit
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.TP
-\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-member\-size=\fR<n>
+\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-member\-size=\fR<bytes>
set member size limit in bytes
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-stdout\fR
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ force recompression of compressed files
\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-keep\fR
keep (don't delete) input files
.TP
-\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-match\-length=\fR<n>
+\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-match\-length=\fR<bytes>
set match length limit in bytes [36]
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output=\fR<file>
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ if reading stdin, place the output into <file>
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
suppress all messages
.TP
-\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-dictionary\-size=\fR<n>
+\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-dictionary\-size=\fR<bytes>
set dictionary size limit in bytes [8MiB]
.TP
-\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-volume\-size=\fR<n>
+\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-volume\-size=\fR<bytes>
set volume size limit in bytes
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-test\fR
@@ -67,12 +67,16 @@ If no file names are given, clzip compresses or decompresses
from standard input to standard output.
Numbers may be followed by a multiplier: k = kB = 10^3 = 1000,
Ki = KiB = 2^10 = 1024, M = 10^6, Mi = 2^20, G = 10^9, Gi = 2^30, etc...
+The bidimensional parameter space of LZMA can't be mapped to a linear
+scale optimal for all files. If your files are large, very repetitive,
+etc, you may need to use the \fB\-\-match\-length\fR and \fB\-\-dictionary\-size\fR
+options directly to achieve optimal performance.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to lzip\-bug@nongnu.org
.br
Clzip home page: http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/clzip.html
.SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 2011 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+Copyright \(co 2012 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.