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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2017-05-07 15:51:44 +0000
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@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
@finalout
@c %**end of header
-@set UPDATED 14 May 2016
-@set VERSION 1.18
+@set UPDATED 13 April 2017
+@set VERSION 1.19
@dircategory Data Compression
@direntry
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ This manual is for Lzip (version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}).
@end menu
@sp 1
-Copyright @copyright{} 2008-2016 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2008-2017 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
This manual is free documentation: you have unlimited permission
to copy, distribute and modify it.
@@ -60,9 +60,10 @@ to copy, distribute and modify it.
@cindex introduction
Lzip is a lossless data compressor with a user interface similar to the
-one of gzip or bzip2. Lzip is about as fast as gzip, compresses most
-files more than bzip2, and is better than both from a data recovery
-perspective.
+one of gzip or bzip2. Lzip can compress about as fast as gzip
+@w{(lzip -0)}, or compress most files more than bzip2 @w{(lzip -9)}.
+Decompression speed is intermediate between gzip and bzip2. Lzip is
+better than gzip and bzip2 from a data recovery perspective.
The lzip file format is designed for data sharing and long-term
archiving, taking into account both data integrity and decoder
@@ -82,10 +83,10 @@ including error-checked merging of damaged copies of a file.
@item
The lzip format is as simple as possible (but not simpler). The lzip
-manual provides the code of a simple decompressor along with a detailed
-explanation of how it works, so that with the only help of the lzip
-manual it would be possible for a digital archaeologist to extract the
-data from a lzip file long after quantum computers eventually render
+manual provides the source code of a simple decompressor along with a
+detailed explanation of how it works, so that with the only help of the
+lzip manual it would be possible for a digital archaeologist to extract
+the data from a lzip file long after quantum computers eventually render
LZMA obsolete.
@item
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ or more compressed files. The result is the concatenation of the
corresponding uncompressed files. Integrity testing of concatenated
compressed files is also supported.
-Lzip can produce multimember files and safely recover, with lziprecover,
+Lzip can produce multimember files, and lziprecover can safely recover
the undamaged members in case of file damage. Lzip can also split the
compressed output in volumes of a given size, even when reading from
standard input. This allows the direct creation of multivolume
@@ -166,6 +167,10 @@ Lzip is able to compress and decompress streams of unlimited size by
automatically creating multimember output. The members so created are
large, about 2 PiB each.
+LANGUAGE NOTE: Uncompressed = not compressed = plain data; it may never
+have been compressed. Decompressed is used to refer to data which have
+undergone the process of decompression.
+
@node Invoking lzip
@chapter Invoking lzip
@@ -237,6 +242,20 @@ Force re-compression of files whose name already has the @samp{.lz} or
@itemx --keep
Keep (don't delete) input files during compression or decompression.
+@item -l
+@itemx --list
+Print the uncompressed size, compressed size and percentage saved of the
+specified file(s). Trailing data are ignored. The values produced are
+correct even for multimember files. If more than one file is given, a
+final line containing the cumulative sizes is printed. With @samp{-v},
+the dictionary size, the number of members in the file, and the amount
+of trailing data (if any) are also printed. With @samp{-vv}, the
+positions and sizes of each member in multimember files are also
+printed. @samp{-lq} can be used to verify quickly (without
+decompressing) the structural integrity of the specified files. (Use
+@samp{--test} to verify the data integrity). @samp{-alq} additionally
+verifies that none of the specified files contain trailing data.
+
@item -m @var{bytes}
@itemx --match-length=@var{bytes}
Set the match length limit in bytes. After a match this long is found,
@@ -284,7 +303,8 @@ EiB.
Check integrity of the specified file(s), but don't decompress them.
This really performs a trial decompression and throws away the result.
Use it together with @samp{-v} to see information about the file(s). If
-a file fails the test, lzip continues checking the rest of the files.
+a file fails the test, does not exist, can't be opened, or is a
+terminal, lzip continues checking the rest of the files.
@item -v
@itemx --verbose
@@ -294,7 +314,8 @@ second @samp{-v} shows the progress of compression.@*
When decompressing or testing, further -v's (up to 4) increase the
verbosity level, showing status, compression ratio, dictionary size,
trailer contents (CRC, data size, member size), and up to 6 bytes of
-trailing data (if any).
+trailing data (if any) both in hexadecimal and as a string of printable
+ASCII characters.
@item -0 .. -9
Set the compression parameters (dictionary size and match length limit)
@@ -756,16 +777,16 @@ Lengths (the @samp{len} in the table above) are coded as follows:
The coding of distances is a little more complicated, so I'll begin
explaining a simpler version of the encoding.
-Imagine you need to code a number from 0 to 2^32 - 1, and you want to do
-it in a way that produces shorter codes for the smaller numbers. You may
-first send the position of the most significant bit that is set to 1,
-which you may find by making a bit scan from the left (from the MSB). A
-position of 0 means that the number is 0 (no bit is set), 1 means the
-LSB is the first bit set (the number is 1), and 32 means the MSB is set
-(i.e., the number is >= 0x80000000). Lets call this bit position a
-"slot". Then, if slot is > 1, you send the remaining slot - 1 bits. Lets
-call these bits "direct_bits" because they are coded directly by value
-instead of indirectly by position.
+Imagine you need to code a number from 0 to @w{2^32 - 1}, and you want
+to do it in a way that produces shorter codes for the smaller numbers.
+You may first send the position of the most significant bit that is set
+to 1, which you may find by making a bit scan from the left (from the
+MSB). A position of 0 means that the number is 0 (no bit is set), 1
+means the LSB is the first bit set (the number is 1), and 32 means the
+MSB is set (i.e., the number is @w{>= 0x80000000}). Let's call this bit
+position a "slot". Then, if slot is @w{> 1}, you send the remaining
+@w{slot - 1} bits. Let's call these bits "direct_bits" because they are
+coded directly by value instead of indirectly by position.
The inconvenient of this simple method is that it needs 6 bits to code
the slot, but it just uses 33 of the 64 possible values, wasting almost
@@ -777,14 +798,15 @@ same 6 bits that would take to encode the position alone. This seems to
need 66 slots (2 * position + next_bit), but for slots 0 and 1 there is
no next bit, so the number of needed slots is 64 (0 to 63).
-The slot number is context-coded in 6 bits. @samp{direct_bits} is the
-amount of remaining bits (from 0 to 30) needed to form a complete
-distance, and is calculated as (slot >> 1) - 1. If a distance needs 6 or
-more direct_bits, the last 4 bits are coded separately. The last piece
-(all the direct_bits for distances 4 to 127 or the last 4 bits for
-distances >= 128) is context-coded in reverse order (from LSB to MSB).
-For distances >= 128, the @samp{direct_bits - 4} part is coded with
-fixed 0.5 probability.
+The 6 bits representing this "slot number" are then context-coded. If
+the distance is @w{>= 4}, the remaining bits are coded as follows.
+@samp{direct_bits} is the amount of remaining bits (from 0 to 30) needed
+to form a complete distance, and is calculated as @w{(slot >> 1) - 1}.
+If a distance needs 6 or more direct_bits, the last 4 bits are coded
+separately. The last piece (all the direct_bits for distances 4 to 127
+or the last 4 bits for distances @w{>= 128}) is context-coded in reverse
+order (from LSB to MSB). For distances @w{>= 128}, the
+@w{@samp{direct_bits - 4}} part is coded with fixed 0.5 probability.
@multitable @columnfractions .5 .5
@headitem Bit sequence @tab Description
@@ -816,8 +838,8 @@ decoded data.
Value of the 3 most significant bits of the latest byte decoded.
@item len_state
-Coded value of length (length - 2), with a maximum of 3. The resulting
-value is in the range 0 to 3.
+Coded value of length @w{(length - 2)}, with a maximum of 3. The
+resulting value is in the range 0 to 3.
@end table
@@ -903,7 +925,7 @@ with their context. (See @samp{decode_bit} in the source).
The range decoder state consists of two unsigned 32-bit variables;
@code{range} (representing the most significant part of the range size
not yet decoded), and @code{code} (representing the current point within
-@code{range}). @code{range} is initialized to (2^32 - 1), and
+@code{range}). @code{range} is initialized to @w{(2^32 - 1)}, and
@code{code} is initialized to 0.
The range encoder produces a first 0 byte that must be ignored by the
@@ -926,20 +948,24 @@ Of Stream" marker is decoded.
@chapter Extra data appended to the file
@cindex trailing data
-Sometimes extra data is found appended to a lzip file after the last
+Sometimes extra data are found appended to a lzip file after the last
member. Such trailing data may be:
@itemize @bullet
@item
Padding added to make the file size a multiple of some block size, for
-example when writing to a tape.
+example when writing to a tape. It is safe to append any amount of
+padding zero bytes to a lzip file.
@item
-Garbage added by some not totally successful copy operation.
+Useful data added by the user; a cryptographically secure hash, a
+description of file contents, etc. It is safe to append any amount of
+text to a lzip file as long as the text does not begin with the string
+"LZIP", and does not contain any zero bytes (null characters). Nonzero
+bytes and zero bytes can't be safely mixed in trailing data.
@item
-Useful data added by the user; a cryptographically secure hash, a
-description of file contents, etc.
+Garbage added by some not totally successful copy operation.
@item
Malicious data added to the file in order to make its total size and
@@ -954,8 +980,12 @@ integrity information itself. Therefore it can be considered to be below
the noise level.
@end itemize
+Trailing data are in no way part of the lzip file format, but tools
+reading lzip files are expected to behave as correctly and usefully as
+possible in the presence of trailing data.
+
Trailing data can be safely ignored in most cases. In some cases, like
-that of user-added data, it is expected to be ignored. In those cases
+that of user-added data, they are expected to be ignored. In those cases
where a file containing trailing data must be rejected, the option
@samp{--trailing-error} can be used. @xref{--trailing-error}.
@@ -1020,8 +1050,8 @@ lzip -c /dev/sdc > file.lz
@sp 1
@anchor{concat-example}
@noindent
-Example 6: The right way of concatenating compressed files.
-@xref{Trailing data}.
+Example 6: The right way of concatenating the decompressed output of two
+or more compressed files. @xref{Trailing data}.
@example
Don't do this
@@ -1097,7 +1127,7 @@ find by running @w{@code{lzip --version}}.
@verbatim
/* Lzd - Educational decompressor for the lzip format
- Copyright (C) 2013-2016 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+ Copyright (C) 2013-2017 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
This program is free software. Redistribution and use in source and
binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided
@@ -1248,10 +1278,10 @@ public:
uint8_t get_byte() { return std::getc( stdin ); }
- int decode( const int num_bits )
+ unsigned decode( const int num_bits )
{
- int symbol = 0;
- for( int i = 0; i < num_bits; ++i )
+ unsigned symbol = 0;
+ for( int i = num_bits; i > 0; --i )
{
range >>= 1;
symbol <<= 1;
@@ -1262,9 +1292,9 @@ public:
return symbol;
}
- int decode_bit( Bit_model & bm )
+ unsigned decode_bit( Bit_model & bm )
{
- int symbol;
+ unsigned symbol;
const uint32_t bound = ( range >> bit_model_total_bits ) * bm.probability;
if( code < bound )
{
@@ -1284,18 +1314,18 @@ public:
return symbol;
}
- int decode_tree( Bit_model bm[], const int num_bits )
+ unsigned decode_tree( Bit_model bm[], const int num_bits )
{
- int symbol = 1;
+ unsigned symbol = 1;
for( int i = 0; i < num_bits; ++i )
symbol = ( symbol << 1 ) | decode_bit( bm[symbol] );
return symbol - (1 << num_bits);
}
- int decode_tree_reversed( Bit_model bm[], const int num_bits )
+ unsigned decode_tree_reversed( Bit_model bm[], const int num_bits )
{
- int symbol = decode_tree( bm, num_bits );
- int reversed_symbol = 0;
+ unsigned symbol = decode_tree( bm, num_bits );
+ unsigned reversed_symbol = 0;
for( int i = 0; i < num_bits; ++i )
{
reversed_symbol = ( reversed_symbol << 1 ) | ( symbol & 1 );
@@ -1304,14 +1334,13 @@ public:
return reversed_symbol;
}
- int decode_matched( Bit_model bm[], const int match_byte )
+ unsigned decode_matched( Bit_model bm[], const unsigned match_byte )
{
- Bit_model * const bm1 = bm + 0x100;
- int symbol = 1;
+ unsigned symbol = 1;
for( int i = 7; i >= 0; --i )
{
- const int match_bit = ( match_byte >> i ) & 1;
- const int bit = decode_bit( bm1[(match_bit<<8)+symbol] );
+ const unsigned match_bit = ( match_byte >> i ) & 1;
+ const unsigned bit = decode_bit( bm[symbol+(match_bit<<8)+0x100] );
symbol = ( symbol << 1 ) | bit;
if( match_bit != bit )
{
@@ -1323,7 +1352,7 @@ public:
return symbol & 0xFF;
}
- int decode_len( Len_model & lm, const int pos_state )
+ unsigned decode_len( Len_model & lm, const int pos_state )
{
if( decode_bit( lm.choice1 ) == 0 )
return decode_tree( lm.bm_low[pos_state], len_low_bits );
@@ -1351,9 +1380,9 @@ class LZ_decoder
uint8_t peek( const unsigned distance ) const
{
- unsigned i = pos - distance - 1;
- if( pos <= distance ) i += dictionary_size;
- return buffer[i];
+ if( pos > distance ) return buffer[pos - distance - 1];
+ if( pos_wrapped ) return buffer[dictionary_size + pos - distance - 1];
+ return 0; // prev_byte of first byte
}
void put_byte( const uint8_t b )
@@ -1372,7 +1401,7 @@ public:
stream_pos( 0 ),
crc_( 0xFFFFFFFFU ),
pos_wrapped( false )
- { buffer[dictionary_size-1] = 0; } // prev_byte of first byte
+ {}
~LZ_decoder() { delete[] buffer; }
@@ -1410,7 +1439,7 @@ bool LZ_decoder::decode_member() // Returns false if error
Bit_model bm_rep2[State::states];
Bit_model bm_len[State::states][pos_states];
Bit_model bm_dis_slot[len_states][1<<dis_slot_bits];
- Bit_model bm_dis[modeled_distances-end_dis_model];
+ Bit_model bm_dis[modeled_distances-end_dis_model+1];
Bit_model bm_align[dis_align_size];
Len_model match_len_model;
Len_model rep_len_model;
@@ -1439,7 +1468,12 @@ bool LZ_decoder::decode_member() // Returns false if error
int len;
if( rdec.decode_bit( bm_rep[state()] ) != 0 ) // 2nd bit
{
- if( rdec.decode_bit( bm_rep0[state()] ) != 0 ) // 3rd bit
+ if( rdec.decode_bit( bm_rep0[state()] ) == 0 ) // 3rd bit
+ {
+ if( rdec.decode_bit( bm_len[state()][pos_state] ) == 0 ) // 4th bit
+ { state.set_short_rep(); put_byte( peek( rep0 ) ); continue; }
+ }
+ else
{
unsigned distance;
if( rdec.decode_bit( bm_rep1[state()] ) == 0 ) // 4th bit
@@ -1455,11 +1489,6 @@ bool LZ_decoder::decode_member() // Returns false if error
rep1 = rep0;
rep0 = distance;
}
- else
- {
- if( rdec.decode_bit( bm_len[state()][pos_state] ) == 0 ) // 4th bit
- { state.set_short_rep(); put_byte( peek( rep0 ) ); continue; }
- }
state.set_rep();
len = min_match_len + rdec.decode_len( rep_len_model, pos_state );
}
@@ -1468,15 +1497,14 @@ bool LZ_decoder::decode_member() // Returns false if error
rep3 = rep2; rep2 = rep1; rep1 = rep0;
len = min_match_len + rdec.decode_len( match_len_model, pos_state );
const int len_state = std::min( len - min_match_len, len_states - 1 );
- const int dis_slot =
- rdec.decode_tree( bm_dis_slot[len_state], dis_slot_bits );
- if( dis_slot < start_dis_model ) rep0 = dis_slot;
- else
+ rep0 = rdec.decode_tree( bm_dis_slot[len_state], dis_slot_bits );
+ if( rep0 >= start_dis_model )
{
+ const unsigned dis_slot = rep0;
const int direct_bits = ( dis_slot >> 1 ) - 1;
rep0 = ( 2 | ( dis_slot & 1 ) ) << direct_bits;
if( dis_slot < end_dis_model )
- rep0 += rdec.decode_tree_reversed( bm_dis + rep0 - dis_slot - 1,
+ rep0 += rdec.decode_tree_reversed( bm_dis + ( rep0 - dis_slot ),
direct_bits );
else
{
@@ -1512,7 +1540,7 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
"It is not safe to use lzd for any real work.\n"
"\nUsage: %s < file.lz > file\n", argv[0] );
std::printf( "Lzd decompresses from standard input to standard output.\n"
- "\nCopyright (C) 2016 Antonio Diaz Diaz.\n"
+ "\nCopyright (C) 2017 Antonio Diaz Diaz.\n"
"This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.\n"
"There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.\n"
"Report bugs to lzip-bug@nongnu.org\n"
@@ -1527,7 +1555,7 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
for( bool first_member = true; ; first_member = false )
{
- File_header header;
+ File_header header; // verify header
for( int i = 0; i < 6; ++i ) header[i] = std::getc( stdin );
if( std::feof( stdin ) || std::memcmp( header, "LZIP\x01", 5 ) != 0 )
{
@@ -1542,11 +1570,11 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
{ std::fputs( "Invalid dictionary size in member header.\n", stderr );
return 2; }
- LZ_decoder decoder( dict_size );
+ LZ_decoder decoder( dict_size ); // decode LZMA stream
if( !decoder.decode_member() )
{ std::fputs( "Data error\n", stderr ); return 2; }
- File_trailer trailer;
+ File_trailer trailer; // verify trailer
for( int i = 0; i < 20; ++i ) trailer[i] = std::getc( stdin );
unsigned crc = 0;
for( int i = 3; i >= 0; --i ) { crc <<= 8; crc += trailer[i]; }