summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/doc/lunzip.1
blob: 45578396c6418121e58f561049beb058e29af8af (plain)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.37.1.
.TH LUNZIP "1" "January 2014" "Lunzip 1.5-rc2" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
Lunzip \- decompressor for lzip files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B lunzip
[\fIoptions\fR] [\fIfiles\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-stdout\fR
send output to standard output
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-decompress\fR
decompress (this is the default)
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
overwrite existing output files
.TP
\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-keep\fR
keep (don't delete) input files
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output=\fR<file>
if reading stdin, place the output into <file>
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
suppress all messages
.TP
\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
If no file names are given, lunzip decompresses from standard input to
standard output.
.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
invalid input file, 3 for an internal consistency error (eg, bug) which
caused lunzip to panic.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to lzip\-bug@nongnu.org
.br
Lunzip home page: http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lunzip.html
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2014 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.