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@@ -2,9 +2,21 @@ Description 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. |