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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.37.1.
-.TH LUNZIP "1" "January 2014" "Lunzip 1.5-rc2" "User Commands"
+.TH LUNZIP "1" "April 2014" "lunzip 1.5" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
-Lunzip \- decompressor for lzip files
+lunzip \- decompressor for lzip files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B lunzip
[\fIoptions\fR] [\fIfiles\fR]
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ 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
+Lunzip provides a 'low memory' mode 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.
+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.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ be verbose (a 2nd \fB\-v\fR gives more)
.PP
If no file names are given, 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
Exit status: 0 for a normal exit, 1 for environmental problems (file
not found, invalid flags, I/O errors, etc), 2 to indicate a corrupt or