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diff --git a/doc/lunzip.1 b/doc/lunzip.1 index 0d10c1d..76b51e1 100644 --- a/doc/lunzip.1 +++ b/doc/lunzip.1 @@ -1,12 +1,24 @@ .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.37.1. -.TH LUNZIP "1" "September 2013" "Lunzip 1.4" "User Commands" +.TH LUNZIP "1" "October 2013" "Lunzip 1.5-rc1" "User Commands" .SH NAME Lunzip \- decompressor for lzip files .SH SYNOPSIS .B lunzip [\fIoptions\fR] [\fIfiles\fR] .SH DESCRIPTION -Lunzip \- Decompressor for lzip files. +Lunzip is a decompressor for lzip files. 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 +capabilities. Lunzip is fully compatible with lzip\-1.4 or newer. +.PP +If the size of the output buffer is specified with the '\-\-buffer\-size' +option, lunzip uses the decompressed file as dictionary for distances +beyond the buffer size and is able to decompress any file using as +little memory as 50 kB, irrespective of the dictionary size used to +compress the file. 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. .SH OPTIONS .TP \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR @@ -36,6 +48,9 @@ suppress all messages \fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-test\fR test compressed file integrity .TP +\fB\-u\fR, \fB\-\-buffer\-size=\fR<bytes> +set output buffer size in bytes +.TP \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR be verbose (a 2nd \fB\-v\fR gives more) .PP |