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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>2025-02-05 17:12:27 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>2025-02-05 17:12:27 +0000
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parentAdding upstream version 1.12. (diff)
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Adding upstream version 1.13~rc1.upstream/1.13_rc1
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>
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@@ -6,12 +6,8 @@ gzip or bzip2. Lzip decompresses almost as fast as gzip and compresses
better than bzip2, which makes it well suited for software distribution
and data archiving.
-Lziprecover is a data recovery tool for lzip compressed files able to
-repair slightly damaged files, recover badly damaged files from two or
-more copies, and extract undamaged members from multi-member files. If
-the cause of file corruption is damaged media, the combination GNU
-ddrescue + lziprecover is the best option for recovering data from
-multiple damaged copies.
+If you ever need to recover data from a damaged lzip file, try the
+lziprecover program.
Lzip replaces every file given in the command line with a compressed
version of itself, with the name "original_name.lz". Each compressed