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diff --git a/doc/lunzip.1 b/doc/lunzip.1 index 7a35eb5..53b3faf 100644 --- a/doc/lunzip.1 +++ b/doc/lunzip.1 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.46.1. -.TH LUNZIP "1" "July 2015" "lunzip 1.8-pre1" "User Commands" +.TH LUNZIP "1" "May 2016" "lunzip 1.8" "User Commands" .SH NAME lunzip \- decompressor for the lzip format .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ lunzip \- decompressor for the lzip format .SH DESCRIPTION Lunzip is a decompressor for the lzip format. It is written in C and its small size makes it well suited for embedded devices or software -installers that need to decompress files but do not need compression +installers that need to decompress files but don't need compression capabilities. Lunzip is fully compatible with lzip\-1.4 or newer. .PP Lunzip provides a 'low memory' mode able to decompress any file using as @@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ little memory as 50 kB, irrespective of the dictionary size used to compress the file. To activate it, specify the size of the output buffer with the '\-\-buffer\-size' option and lunzip will use the decompressed file as dictionary for distances beyond the buffer size. Of course, the -smaller the output buffer size used in relation to the dictionary size, -the more accesses to disk are needed and the slower the decompression is. -This 'low memory' mode only works when decompressing to a regular file. +smaller the buffer size used in relation to the dictionary size, the +more accesses to disk are needed and the slower the decompression is. +This 'low memory' mode only works when decompressing to a regular file +and is intended for systems without enough memory (RAM + swap) to keep +the whole dictionary at once. .SH OPTIONS .TP \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR @@ -27,8 +29,11 @@ display this help and exit \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR output version information and exit .TP +\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-trailing\-error\fR +exit with error status if trailing data +.TP \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-stdout\fR -send output to standard output +write to standard output, keep input files .TP \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-decompress\fR decompress (this is the default) @@ -40,7 +45,7 @@ overwrite existing output files keep (don't delete) input files .TP \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output=\fR<file> -if reading stdin, place the output into <file> +if reading standard input, write to <file> .TP \fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR suppress all messages @@ -54,8 +59,8 @@ set output buffer size in bytes \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR be verbose (a 2nd \fB\-v\fR gives more) .PP -If no file names are given, lunzip decompresses from standard input to -standard output. +If no file names are given, or if a file is '\-', lunzip 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... .PP @@ -68,7 +73,7 @@ Report bugs to lzip\-bug@nongnu.org .br Lunzip home page: http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lunzip.html .SH COPYRIGHT -Copyright \(co 2015 Antonio Diaz Diaz. +Copyright \(co 2016 Antonio Diaz Diaz. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> .br This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. |