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@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ small size makes it well suited for embedded devices or software installers that need to decompress files but do not need compression capabilities. -Lunzip uses the same well-defined exit status values used by bzip2, -which makes it safer when used in pipes or scripts than compressors -returning ambiguous warning values, like gzip. +Lunzip uses the same well-defined exit status values used by lzip and +bzip2, which makes it safer when used in pipes or scripts than +decompressors returning ambiguous warning values, like gunzip. The 4 factor integrity checking of the lzip format guarantees that the decompressed version of the data is identical to the original. This @@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ occurs upon decompression, so it can only tell you that something is wrong. It can't help you recover the original uncompressed data. If you ever need to recover data from a damaged lzip file, try the -lziprecover program. +lziprecover program. Lziprecover makes lzip files resistant to bit-flip, +one of the most common forms of data corruption, and its recovery +capabilities contribute to make of the lzip format one of the best +options for long-term data archiving. Lunzip replaces every file given in the command line with a decompressed version of itself. Each decompressed file has the same modification |