From c6740b2095f57641b7e7bab5e8b92b3f9700c240 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 06:01:54 +0100 Subject: Merging upstream version 1.3. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- README | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index f02c51b..7606a77 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ small size makes it well suited for embedded devices or software installers that need to decompress files but do not need compression capabilities. -Lunzip uses the same well-defined exit status values used by bzip2, -which makes it safer when used in pipes or scripts than compressors -returning ambiguous warning values, like gzip. +Lunzip uses the same well-defined exit status values used by lzip and +bzip2, which makes it safer when used in pipes or scripts than +decompressors returning ambiguous warning values, like gunzip. The 4 factor integrity checking of the lzip format guarantees that the decompressed version of the data is identical to the original. This @@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ occurs upon decompression, so it can only tell you that something is wrong. It can't help you recover the original uncompressed data. If you ever need to recover data from a damaged lzip file, try the -lziprecover program. +lziprecover program. Lziprecover makes lzip files resistant to bit-flip, +one of the most common forms of data corruption, and its recovery +capabilities contribute to make of the lzip format one of the best +options for long-term data archiving. Lunzip replaces every file given in the command line with a decompressed version of itself. Each decompressed file has the same modification -- cgit v1.2.3