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Lunzip is a decompressor for the lzip format written in C. Its small size
makes it well suited for embedded devices or software installers that need
-to decompress files but don't need compression capabilities. Lunzip is fully
+to decompress files but don't need compression capabilities. Lunzip is
compatible with lzip 1.4 or newer.
+Lzip is a lossless data compressor with a user interface similar to the one
+of gzip or bzip2. Lzip uses a simplified form of the 'Lempel-Ziv-Markov
+chain-Algorithm' (LZMA) stream format to maximize interoperability. The
+maximum dictionary size is 512 MiB so that any lzip file can be decompressed
+on 32-bit machines. Lzip provides accurate and robust 3-factor integrity
+checking. Lzip can compress about as fast as gzip (lzip -0) or compress most
+files more than bzip2 (lzip -9). Decompression speed is intermediate between
+gzip and bzip2. Lzip is better than gzip and bzip2 from a data recovery
+perspective. Lzip has been designed, written, and tested with great care to
+replace gzip and bzip2 as the standard general-purpose compressed format for
+Unix-like systems.
+
The lzip file format is designed for data sharing and long-term archiving,
taking into account both data integrity and decoder availability:
@@ -89,11 +101,10 @@ been compressed. Decompressed is used to refer to data which have undergone
the process of decompression.
-Copyright (C) 2010-2023 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+Copyright (C) 2010-2024 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
This file is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy,
distribute, and modify it.
-The file Makefile.in is a data file used by configure to produce the
-Makefile. It has the same copyright owner and permissions that configure
-itself.
+The file Makefile.in is a data file used by configure to produce the Makefile.
+It has the same copyright owner and permissions that configure itself.