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LZMA lossless data compressor -@end direntry - - -@ifnothtml -@titlepage -@title Lzip -@subtitle LZMA lossless data compressor -@subtitle for Lzip version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED} -@author by Antonio Diaz Diaz - -@page -@vskip 0pt plus 1filll -@end titlepage - -@contents -@end ifnothtml - -@node Top -@top - -This manual is for Lzip (version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}). - -@menu -* Introduction:: Purpose and features of lzip -* Algorithm:: How lzip compresses the data -* Invoking lzip:: Command line interface -* File format:: Detailed format of the compressed file -* Stream format:: Format of the LZMA stream in lzip files -* Examples:: A small tutorial with examples -* Problems:: Reporting bugs -* Reference source code:: Source code illustrating stream format -* Concept index:: Index of concepts -@end menu - -@sp 1 -Copyright @copyright{} 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 -Antonio Diaz Diaz. - -This manual is free documentation: you have unlimited permission -to copy, distribute and modify it. - - -@node Introduction -@chapter Introduction -@cindex introduction - -Lzip is a lossless data compressor with a user interface similar to the -one of gzip or bzip2. Lzip decompresses almost as fast as gzip and -compresses more than bzip2, which makes it well suited for software -distribution and data archiving. Lzip is a clean implementation of the -LZMA algorithm. - -The lzip file format is designed for long-term data archiving and -provides very safe integrity checking. The member trailer stores the -32-bit CRC of the original data, the size of the original data and the -size of the member. These values, together with the value remaining in -the range decoder and the end-of-stream marker, provide a 4 factor -integrity checking which guarantees that the decompressed version of the -data is identical to the original. This guards against corruption of the -compressed data, and against undetected bugs in lzip (hopefully very -unlikely). The chances of data corruption going undetected are -microscopic. Be aware, though, that the check 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 makes lzip files resistant to bit-flip -(one of the most common forms of data corruption), and provides data -recovery capabilities, including error-checked merging of damaged copies -of a file. - -Lzip uses the same well-defined exit status values used by bzip2, which -makes it safer than compressors returning ambiguous warning values (like -gzip) when it is used as a back end for tar or zutils. - -Lzip replaces every file given in the command line with a compressed -version of itself, with the name "original_name.lz". Each compressed -file has the same modification date, permissions, and, when possible, -ownership as the corresponding original, so that these properties can be -correctly restored at decompression time. Lzip is able to read from some -types of non regular files if the @samp{--stdout} option is specified. - -If no file names are specified, lzip compresses (or decompresses) from -standard input to standard output. In this case, lzip will decline to -write compressed output to a terminal, as this would be entirely -incomprehensible and therefore pointless. - -Lzip will correctly decompress a file which is the concatenation of two -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 multi-member files and safely recover, with -lziprecover, 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 compressed tar archives. - -Lzip is able to compress and decompress streams of unlimited size by -automatically creating multi-member output. The members so created are -large, about 64 PiB each. - -The amount of memory required for compression is about 1 or 2 times the -dictionary size limit (1 if input file size is less than dictionary size -limit, else 2) plus 9 times the dictionary size really used. The option -@samp{-0} is special and only requires about 1.5 MiB at most. The amount -of memory required for decompression is only a few tens of KiB larger -than the dictionary size really used. - -Lzip will automatically use the smallest possible dictionary size -without exceeding the given limit. Keep in mind that the decompression -memory requirement is affected at compression time by the choice of -dictionary size limit. - -When decompressing, lzip attempts to guess the name for the decompressed -file from that of the compressed file as follows: - -@multitable {anyothername} {becomes} {anyothername.out} -@item filename.lz @tab becomes @tab filename -@item filename.tlz @tab becomes @tab filename.tar -@item anyothername @tab becomes @tab anyothername.out -@end multitable - - -@node Algorithm -@chapter Algorithm -@cindex algorithm - -Lzip implements a simplified version of the LZMA (Lempel-Ziv-Markov -chain-Algorithm) algorithm. The high compression of LZMA comes from -combining two basic, well-proven compression ideas: sliding dictionaries -(LZ77/78) and markov models (the thing used by every compression -algorithm that uses a range encoder or similar order-0 entropy coder as -its last stage) with segregation of contexts according to what the bits -are used for. - -Lzip is a two stage compressor. The first stage is a Lempel-Ziv coder, -which reduces redundancy by translating chunks of data to their -corresponding distance-length pairs. The second stage is a range encoder -that uses a different probability model for each type of data; -distances, lengths, literal bytes, etc. - -The match finder, part of the LZ coder, is the most important piece of -the LZMA algorithm, as it is in many Lempel-Ziv based algorithms. Most -of lzip's execution time is spent in the match finder, and it has the -greatest influence on the compression ratio. - -Here is how it works, step by step: - -1) The member header is written to the output stream. - -2) The first byte is coded literally, because there are no previous -bytes to which the match finder can refer to. - -3) The main encoder advances to the next byte in the input data and -calls the match finder. - -4) The match finder fills an array with the minimum distances before the -current byte where a match of a given length can be found. - -5) Go back to step 3 until a sequence (formed of pairs, repeated -distances and literal bytes) of minimum price has been formed. Where the -price represents the number of output bits produced. - -6) The range encoder encodes the sequence produced by the main encoder -and sends the produced bytes to the output stream. - -7) Go back to step 3 until the input data is finished or until the -member or volume size limits are reached. - -8) The range encoder is flushed. - -9) The member trailer is written to the output stream. - -10) If there are more data to compress, go back to step 1. - -@sp 1 -@noindent -The ideas embodied in lzip are due to (at least) the following people: -Abraham Lempel and Jacob Ziv (for the LZ algorithm), Andrey Markov (for -the definition of Markov chains), G.N.N. Martin (for the definition of -range encoding), Igor Pavlov (for putting all the above together in -LZMA), and Julian Seward (for bzip2's CLI). - - -@node Invoking lzip -@chapter Invoking lzip -@cindex invoking -@cindex options -@cindex usage -@cindex version - -The format for running lzip is: - -@example -lzip [@var{options}] [@var{files}] -@end example - -Lzip supports the following options: - -@table @samp -@item -h -@itemx --help -Print an informative help message describing the options and exit. - -@item -V -@itemx --version -Print the version number of lzip on the standard output and exit. - -@item -b @var{bytes} -@itemx --member-size=@var{bytes} -Set the member size limit to @var{bytes}. A small member size may -degrade compression ratio, so use it only when needed. Valid values -range from 100 kB to 64 PiB. Defaults to 64 PiB. - -@item -c -@itemx --stdout -Compress or decompress to standard output. Needed when reading from a -named pipe (fifo) or from a device. Use it to recover as much of the -uncompressed data as possible when decompressing a corrupt file. - -@item -d -@itemx --decompress -Decompress. - -@item -f -@itemx --force -Force overwrite of output files. - -@item -F -@itemx --recompress -Force recompression of files whose name already has the @samp{.lz} or -@samp{.tlz} suffix. - -@item -k -@itemx --keep -Keep (don't delete) input files during compression or decompression. - -@item -m @var{bytes} -@itemx --match-length=@var{bytes} -Set the match length limit in bytes. After a match this long is found, -the search is finished. Valid values range from 5 to 273. Larger values -usually give better compression ratios but longer compression times. - -@item -o @var{file} -@itemx --output=@var{file} -When reading from standard input and @samp{--stdout} has not been -specified, use @samp{@var{file}} as the virtual name of the uncompressed -file. This produces a file named @samp{@var{file}} when decompressing, a -file named @samp{@var{file}.lz} when compressing, and several files -named @samp{@var{file}00001.lz}, @samp{@var{file}00002.lz}, etc, when -compressing and splitting the output in volumes. - -@item -q -@itemx --quiet -Quiet operation. Suppress all messages. - -@item -s @var{bytes} -@itemx --dictionary-size=@var{bytes} -Set the dictionary size limit in bytes. Valid values range from 4 KiB to -512 MiB. Lzip will use the smallest possible dictionary size for each -member without exceeding this limit. Note that dictionary sizes are -quantized. If the specified size does not match one of the valid sizes, -it will be rounded upwards by adding up to (@var{bytes} / 16) to it. - -For maximum compression you should use a dictionary size limit as large -as possible, but keep in mind that the decompression memory requirement -is affected at compression time by the choice of dictionary size limit. - -@item -S @var{bytes} -@itemx --volume-size=@var{bytes} -Split the compressed output into several volume files with names -@samp{original_name00001.lz}, @samp{original_name00002.lz}, etc, and set -the volume size limit to @var{bytes}. Each volume is a complete, maybe -multi-member, lzip file. A small volume size may degrade compression -ratio, so use it only when needed. Valid values range from 100 kB to 4 -EiB. - -@item -t -@itemx --test -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. - -@item -v -@itemx --verbose -Verbose mode.@* -When compressing, show the compression ratio for each file processed. A -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 garbage (if any). - -@item -0 .. -9 -Set the compression parameters (dictionary size and match length limit) -as shown in the table below. Note that @samp{-9} can be much slower than -@samp{-0}. These options have no effect when decompressing. - -The bidimensional parameter space of LZMA can't be mapped to a linear -scale optimal for all files. If your files are large, very repetitive, -etc, you may need to use the @samp{--match-length} and -@samp{--dictionary-size} options directly to achieve optimal -performance. For example, @samp{-9m64} usually compresses executables -more (and faster) than @samp{-9}. - -@multitable {Level} {Dictionary size} {Match length limit} -@item Level @tab Dictionary size @tab Match length limit -@item -0 @tab 64 KiB @tab 16 bytes -@item -1 @tab 1 MiB @tab 5 bytes -@item -2 @tab 1.5 MiB @tab 6 bytes -@item -3 @tab 2 MiB @tab 8 bytes -@item -4 @tab 3 MiB @tab 12 bytes -@item -5 @tab 4 MiB @tab 20 bytes -@item -6 @tab 8 MiB @tab 36 bytes -@item -7 @tab 16 MiB @tab 68 bytes -@item -8 @tab 24 MiB @tab 132 bytes -@item -9 @tab 32 MiB @tab 273 bytes -@end multitable - -@item --fast -@itemx --best -Aliases for GNU gzip compatibility. - -@end table - -Numbers given as arguments to options may be followed by a multiplier -and an optional @samp{B} for "byte". - -Table of SI and binary prefixes (unit multipliers): - -@multitable {Prefix} {kilobyte (10^3 = 1000)} {|} {Prefix} {kibibyte (2^10 = 1024)} -@item Prefix @tab Value @tab | @tab Prefix @tab Value -@item k @tab kilobyte (10^3 = 1000) @tab | @tab Ki @tab kibibyte (2^10 = 1024) -@item M @tab megabyte (10^6) @tab | @tab Mi @tab mebibyte (2^20) -@item G @tab gigabyte (10^9) @tab | @tab Gi @tab gibibyte (2^30) -@item T @tab terabyte (10^12) @tab | @tab Ti @tab tebibyte (2^40) -@item P @tab petabyte (10^15) @tab | @tab Pi @tab pebibyte (2^50) -@item E @tab exabyte (10^18) @tab | @tab Ei @tab exbibyte (2^60) -@item Z @tab zettabyte (10^21) @tab | @tab Zi @tab zebibyte (2^70) -@item Y @tab yottabyte (10^24) @tab | @tab Yi @tab yobibyte (2^80) -@end multitable - -@sp 1 -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 lzip to panic. - - -@node File format -@chapter File format -@cindex file format - -Perfection is reached, not when there is no longer anything to add, but -when there is no longer anything to take away.@* ---- Antoine de Saint-Exupery - -@sp 1 -In the diagram below, a box like this: -@verbatim -+---+ -| | <-- the vertical bars might be missing -+---+ -@end verbatim - -represents one byte; a box like this: -@verbatim -+==============+ -| | -+==============+ -@end verbatim - -represents a variable number of bytes. - -@sp 1 -A lzip file consists of a series of "members" (compressed data sets). -The members simply appear one after another in the file, with no -additional information before, between, or after them. - -Each member has the following structure: -@verbatim -+--+--+--+--+----+----+=============+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ -| ID string | VN | DS | Lzma stream | CRC32 | Data size | Member size | -+--+--+--+--+----+----+=============+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ -@end verbatim - -All multibyte values are stored in little endian order. - -@table @samp -@item ID string -A four byte string, identifying the lzip format, with the value "LZIP" -(0x4C, 0x5A, 0x49, 0x50). - -@item VN (version number, 1 byte) -Just in case something needs to be modified in the future. 1 for now. - -@item DS (coded dictionary size, 1 byte) -Lzip divides the distance between any two powers of 2 into 8 equally -spaced intervals, named "wedges". The dictionary size is calculated by -taking a power of 2 (the base size) and substracting from it a number of -wedges between 0 and 7. The size of a wedge is (base_size / 16).@* -Bits 4-0 contain the base 2 logarithm of the base size (12 to 29).@* -Bits 7-5 contain the number of wedges (0 to 7) to substract from the -base size to obtain the dictionary size.@* -Example: 0xD3 = 2^19 - 6 * 2^15 = 512 KiB - 6 * 32 KiB = 320 KiB@* -Valid values for dictionary size range from 4 KiB to 512 MiB. - -@item Lzma stream -The lzma stream, finished by an end of stream marker. Uses default -values for encoder properties. See the chapter @samp{Stream format} -(@pxref{Stream format}) for a complete description. - -@item CRC32 (4 bytes) -CRC of the uncompressed original data. - -@item Data size (8 bytes) -Size of the uncompressed original data. - -@item Member size (8 bytes) -Total size of the member, including header and trailer. This field acts -as a distributed index, allows the verification of stream integrity, and -facilitates safe recovery of undamaged members from multi-member files. - -@end table - - -@node Stream format -@chapter Format of the LZMA stream in lzip files -@cindex format of the LZMA stream - -The LZMA algorithm has three parameters, called "special LZMA -properties", to adjust it for some kinds of binary data. These -parameters are; @samp{literal_context_bits} (with a default value of 3), -@samp{literal_pos_state_bits} (with a default value of 0), and -@samp{pos_state_bits} (with a default value of 2). As a general purpose -compressor, lzip only uses the default values for these parameters. - -Lzip also finishes the LZMA stream with an "End Of Stream" marker (the -distance-length pair 0xFFFFFFFFU, 2), which in conjunction with the -"member size" field in the member trailer allows the verification of -stream integrity. The LZMA stream in lzip files always has these two -features (default properties and EOS marker) and is referred to in this -document as LZMA-302eos or LZMA-lzip. - -The second stage of LZMA is a range encoder that uses a different -probability model for each type of symbol; distances, lengths, literal -bytes, etc. Range encoding conceptually encodes all the symbols of the -message into one number. Unlike Huffman coding, which assigns to each -symbol a bit-pattern and concatenates all the bit-patterns together, -range encoding can compress one symbol to less than one bit. Therefore -the compressed data produced by a range encoder can't be split in pieces -that could be individually described. - -It seems that the only way of describing the LZMA-302eos stream is -describing the algorithm that decodes it. And given the many details -about the range decoder that need to be described accurately, the source -code of a real decoder seems the only appropiate reference to use. - -What follows is a description of the decoding algorithm for LZMA-302eos -streams using as reference the source code of "lzd", an educational -decompressor for lzip files which can be downloaded from the lzip -download directory. The source code of lzd is included in appendix A. -@ref{Reference source code} - -@sp 1 -@section What is coded - -The LZMA stream includes literals, matches and repeated matches (matches -reusing a recently used distance). There are 7 different coding sequences: - -@multitable @columnfractions .35 .14 .51 -@headitem Bit sequence @tab Name @tab Description -@item 0 + byte @tab literal @tab literal byte -@item 1 + 0 + len + dis @tab match @tab distance-length pair -@item 1 + 1 + 0 + 0 @tab shortrep @tab 1 byte match at latest used -distance -@item 1 + 1 + 0 + 1 + len @tab rep0 @tab len bytes match at latest used -distance -@item 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + len @tab rep1 @tab len bytes match at second -latest used distance -@item 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + len @tab rep2 @tab len bytes match at third -latest used distance -@item 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + len @tab rep3 @tab len bytes match at fourth -latest used distance -@end multitable - -@sp 1 -In the following tables, multi-bit sequences are coded in normal order, -from MSB to LSB, except where noted otherwise. - -Lengths (the @samp{len} in the table above) are coded as follows: - -@multitable @columnfractions .5 .5 -@headitem Bit sequence @tab Description -@item 0 + 3 bits @tab lengths from 2 to 9 -@item 1 + 0 + 3 bits @tab lengths from 10 to 17 -@item 1 + 1 + 8 bits @tab lengths from 18 to 273 -@end multitable - -@sp 1 -The coding of distances is a little more complicated. LZMA divides the -interval between any two powers of 2 into 2 halves, named slots. As -possible distances range from 0 to (2^32 - 1), there are 64 slots (0 to -63). The slot number is context-coded in 6 bits. @samp{direct_bits} are -the remaining bits (from 0 to 30) needed to form a complete distance, -and are calculated as (slot >> 1) - 1. If a distance needs 6 or more -direct_bits, the last 4 bits are coded separately. The last piece -(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. - -@multitable @columnfractions .5 .5 -@headitem Bit sequence @tab Description -@item slot @tab distances from 0 to 3 -@item slot + direct_bits @tab distances from 4 to 127 -@item slot + (direct_bits - 4) + 4 bits @tab distances from 128 to -2^32 - 1 -@end multitable - -@sp 1 -@section The coding contexts - -These contexts (@samp{Bit_model} in the source), are integers or arrays -of integers representing the probability of the corresponding bit being 0. - -The indices used in these arrays are: - -@table @samp -@item state -A state machine (@samp{State} in the source) with 12 states (0 to 11), -coding the latest 2 to 4 types of sequences processed. The initial state -is 0. - -@item pos_state -Value of the 2 least significant bits of the current position in the -decoded data. - -@item literal_state -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. - -@end table - - -In the following table, @samp{!literal} is any sequence except a literal -byte. @samp{rep} is any one of @samp{rep0}, @samp{rep1}, @samp{rep2} or -@samp{rep3}. The types of previous sequences corresponding to each state -are: - -@multitable {State} {literal, shortrep, literal, literal} -@headitem State @tab Types of previous sequences -@item 0 @tab literal, literal, literal -@item 1 @tab match, literal, literal -@item 2 @tab (rep or shortrep), literal, literal -@item 3 @tab literal, shortrep, literal, literal -@item 4 @tab match, literal -@item 5 @tab (rep or shortrep), literal -@item 6 @tab literal, shortrep, literal -@item 7 @tab literal, match -@item 8 @tab literal, rep -@item 9 @tab literal, shortrep -@item 10 @tab !literal, match -@item 11 @tab !literal, (rep or shortrep) -@end multitable - -@sp 1 -The contexts for decoding the type of coding sequence are: - -@multitable @columnfractions .2 .4 .4 -@headitem Name @tab Indices @tab Used when -@item bm_match @tab state, pos_state @tab sequence start -@item bm_rep @tab state @tab after sequence 1 -@item bm_rep0 @tab state @tab after sequence 11 -@item bm_rep1 @tab state @tab after sequence 111 -@item bm_rep2 @tab state @tab after sequence 1111 -@item bm_len @tab state, pos_state @tab after sequence 110 -@end multitable - -@sp 1 -The contexts for decoding distances are: - -@multitable @columnfractions .2 .4 .4 -@headitem Name @tab Indices @tab Used when -@item bm_dis_slot @tab len_state, bit tree @tab distance start -@item bm_dis @tab reverse bit tree @tab after slots 4 to 13 -@item bm_align @tab reverse bit tree @tab for distances >= 128, after -fixed probability bits -@end multitable - -@sp 1 -There are two separate sets of contexts for lengths (@samp{Len_model} in -the source). One for normal matches, the other for repeated matches. The -contexts in each Len_model are (see @samp{decode_len} in the source): - -@multitable @columnfractions .2 .4 .4 -@headitem Name @tab Indices @tab Used when -@item choice1 @tab none @tab length start -@item choice2 @tab none @tab after sequence 1 -@item bm_low @tab pos_state, bit tree @tab after sequence 0 -@item bm_mid @tab pos_state, bit tree @tab after sequence 10 -@item bm_high @tab bit tree @tab after sequence 11 -@end multitable - -@sp 1 -The context array @samp{bm_literal} is special. In principle it acts as -a normal bit tree context, the one selected by @samp{literal_state}. But -if the previous decoded byte was not a literal, two other bit tree -contexts are used depending on the value of each bit in -@samp{match_byte} (the byte at the latest used distance), until a bit is -decoded that is different from its corresponding bit in -@samp{match_byte}. After the first difference is found, the rest of the -byte is decoded using the normal bit tree context. (See -@samp{decode_matched} in the source). - -@sp 1 -@section The range decoder - -The LZMA stream is consumed one byte at a time by the range decoder. -(See @samp{normalize} in the source). Every byte consumed produces a -variable number of decoded bits, depending on how well these bits agree -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{code} is initialized to 0. - -The range encoder produces a first 0 byte that must be ignored by the -range decoder. This is done by shifting 5 bytes in the initialization of -@code{code} instead of 4. (See the @samp{Range_decoder} constructor in -the source). - -@sp 1 -@section Decoding the LZMA stream - -After decoding the member header and obtaining the dictionary size, the -range decoder is initialized and then the LZMA decoder enters a loop -(See @samp{decode_member} in the source) where it invokes the range -decoder with the appropiate contexts to decode the different coding -sequences (matches, repeated matches, and literal bytes), until the "End -Of Stream" marker is decoded. - - -@node Examples -@chapter A small tutorial with examples -@cindex examples - -WARNING! Even if lzip is bug-free, other causes may result in a corrupt -compressed file (bugs in the system libraries, memory errors, etc). -Therefore, if the data you are going to compress is important, give the -@samp{--keep} option to lzip and do not remove the original file until -you verify the compressed file with a command like -@w{@samp{lzip -cd file.lz | cmp file -}}. - -@sp 1 -@noindent -Example 1: Replace a regular file with its compressed version -@samp{file.lz} and show the compression ratio. - -@example -lzip -v file -@end example - -@sp 1 -@noindent -Example 2: Like example 1 but the created @samp{file.lz} is multi-member -with a member size of 1 MiB. The compression ratio is not shown. - -@example -lzip -b 1MiB file -@end example - -@sp 1 -@noindent -Example 3: Restore a regular file from its compressed version -@samp{file.lz}. If the operation is successful, @samp{file.lz} is -removed. - -@example -lzip -d file.lz -@end example - -@sp 1 -@noindent -Example 4: Verify the integrity of the compressed file @samp{file.lz} -and show status. - -@example -lzip -tv file.lz -@end example - -@sp 1 -@noindent -Example 5: Compress a whole floppy in /dev/fd0 and send the output to -@samp{file.lz}. - -@example -lzip -c /dev/fd0 > file.lz -@end example - -@sp 1 -@noindent -Example 6: Decompress @samp{file.lz} partially until 10 KiB of -decompressed data are produced. - -@example -lzip -cd file.lz | dd bs=1024 count=10 -@end example - -@sp 1 -@noindent -Example 7: Decompress @samp{file.lz} partially from decompressed byte -10000 to decompressed byte 15000 (5000 bytes are produced). - -@example -lzip -cd file.lz | dd bs=1000 skip=10 count=5 -@end example - -@sp 1 -@noindent -Example 8: Create a multivolume compressed tar archive with a volume -size of 1440 KiB. - -@example -tar -c some_directory | lzip -S 1440KiB -o volume_name -@end example - -@sp 1 -@noindent -Example 9: Extract a multivolume compressed tar archive. - -@example -lzip -cd volume_name*.lz | tar -xf - -@end example - -@sp 1 -@noindent -Example 10: Create a multivolume compressed backup of a large database -file with a volume size of 650 MB, where each volume is a multi-member -file with a member size of 32 MiB. - -@example -lzip -b 32MiB -S 650MB big_db -@end example - - -@node Problems -@chapter Reporting bugs -@cindex bugs -@cindex getting help - -There are probably bugs in lzip. There are certainly errors and -omissions in this manual. If you report them, they will get fixed. If -you don't, no one will ever know about them and they will remain unfixed -for all eternity, if not longer. - -If you find a bug in lzip, please send electronic mail to -@email{lzip-bug@@nongnu.org}. Include the version number, which you can -find by running @w{@samp{lzip --version}}. - - -@node Reference source code -@appendix Reference source code -@cindex reference source code - -@verbatim -/* Lzd - Educational decompressor for lzip files - Copyright (C) 2013 Antonio Diaz Diaz. - - This program is free software: you have unlimited permission - to copy, distribute and modify it. - - This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, - but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. -*/ -/* - 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. -*/ - -#include <algorithm> -#include <cerrno> -#include <cstdio> -#include <cstdlib> -#include <cstring> -#include <stdint.h> -#include <unistd.h> - - -class State - { - int st; - -public: - enum { states = 12 }; - State() : st( 0 ) {} - int operator()() const { return st; } - bool is_char() const { return st < 7; } - - void set_char() - { - static const int next[states] = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 4, 5 }; - st = next[st]; - } - void set_match() { st = ( st < 7 ) ? 7 : 10; } - void set_rep() { st = ( st < 7 ) ? 8 : 11; } - void set_short_rep() { st = ( st < 7 ) ? 9 : 11; } - }; - - -enum { - min_dictionary_size = 1 << 12, - max_dictionary_size = 1 << 29, - literal_context_bits = 3, - pos_state_bits = 2, - pos_states = 1 << pos_state_bits, - pos_state_mask = pos_states - 1, - - len_states = 4, - dis_slot_bits = 6, - start_dis_model = 4, - end_dis_model = 14, - modeled_distances = 1 << (end_dis_model / 2), // 128 - dis_align_bits = 4, - dis_align_size = 1 << dis_align_bits, - - len_low_bits = 3, - len_mid_bits = 3, - len_high_bits = 8, - len_low_symbols = 1 << len_low_bits, - len_mid_symbols = 1 << len_mid_bits, - len_high_symbols = 1 << len_high_bits, - max_len_symbols = len_low_symbols + len_mid_symbols + len_high_symbols, - - min_match_len = 2, // must be 2 - - bit_model_move_bits = 5, - bit_model_total_bits = 11, - bit_model_total = 1 << bit_model_total_bits }; - -struct Bit_model - { - int probability; - Bit_model() : probability( bit_model_total / 2 ) {} - }; - -struct Len_model - { - Bit_model choice1; - Bit_model choice2; - Bit_model bm_low[pos_states][len_low_symbols]; - Bit_model bm_mid[pos_states][len_mid_symbols]; - Bit_model bm_high[len_high_symbols]; - }; - - -class CRC32 - { - uint32_t data[256]; // Table of CRCs of all 8-bit messages. - -public: - CRC32() - { - for( unsigned n = 0; n < 256; ++n ) - { - unsigned c = n; - for( int k = 0; k < 8; ++k ) - { if( c & 1 ) c = 0xEDB88320U ^ ( c >> 1 ); else c >>= 1; } - data[n] = c; - } - } - - void update_buf( uint32_t & crc, const uint8_t * const buffer, - const int size ) const - { - for( int i = 0; i < size; ++i ) - crc = data[(crc^buffer[i])&0xFF] ^ ( crc >> 8 ); - } - }; - -const CRC32 crc32; - - -typedef uint8_t File_header[6]; // 0-3 magic, 4 version, 5 coded_dict_size - -typedef uint8_t File_trailer[20]; - // 0-3 CRC32 of the uncompressed data - // 4-11 size of the uncompressed data - // 12-19 member size including header and trailer - -class Range_decoder - { - uint32_t code; - uint32_t range; - -public: - Range_decoder() : code( 0 ), range( 0xFFFFFFFFU ) - { - for( int i = 0; i < 5; ++i ) code = (code << 8) | get_byte(); - } - - uint8_t get_byte() { return std::getc( stdin ); } - - int decode( const int num_bits ) - { - int symbol = 0; - for( int i = 0; i < num_bits; ++i ) - { - range >>= 1; - symbol <<= 1; - if( code >= range ) { code -= range; symbol |= 1; } - if( range <= 0x00FFFFFFU ) // normalize - { range <<= 8; code = (code << 8) | get_byte(); } - } - return symbol; - } - - int decode_bit( Bit_model & bm ) - { - int symbol; - const uint32_t bound = ( range >> bit_model_total_bits ) * bm.probability; - if( code < bound ) - { - range = bound; - bm.probability += (bit_model_total - bm.probability) >> bit_model_move_bits; - symbol = 0; - } - else - { - range -= bound; - code -= bound; - bm.probability -= bm.probability >> bit_model_move_bits; - symbol = 1; - } - if( range <= 0x00FFFFFFU ) // normalize - { range <<= 8; code = (code << 8) | get_byte(); } - return symbol; - } - - int decode_tree( Bit_model bm[], const int num_bits ) - { - int 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 ) - { - int symbol = decode_tree( bm, num_bits ); - int reversed_symbol = 0; - for( int i = 0; i < num_bits; ++i ) - { - reversed_symbol = ( reversed_symbol << 1 ) | ( symbol & 1 ); - symbol >>= 1; - } - return reversed_symbol; - } - - int decode_matched( Bit_model bm[], const int match_byte ) - { - Bit_model * const bm1 = bm + 0x100; - int 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] ); - symbol = ( symbol << 1 ) | bit; - if( match_bit != bit ) - { - while( symbol < 0x100 ) - symbol = ( symbol << 1 ) | decode_bit( bm[symbol] ); - break; - } - } - return symbol - 0x100; - } - - int 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 ); - if( decode_bit( lm.choice2 ) == 0 ) - return len_low_symbols + - decode_tree( lm.bm_mid[pos_state], len_mid_bits ); - return len_low_symbols + len_mid_symbols + - decode_tree( lm.bm_high, len_high_bits ); - } - }; - - -class LZ_decoder - { - unsigned long long partial_data_pos; - Range_decoder rdec; - const unsigned dictionary_size; - uint8_t * const buffer; // output buffer - unsigned pos; // current pos in buffer - unsigned stream_pos; // first byte not yet written to stdout - uint32_t crc_; - - void flush_data(); - - uint8_t get_byte( const unsigned distance ) const - { - unsigned i = pos - distance - 1; - if( pos <= distance ) i += dictionary_size; - return buffer[i]; - } - - void put_byte( const uint8_t b ) - { - buffer[pos] = b; - if( ++pos >= dictionary_size ) flush_data(); - } - -public: - LZ_decoder( const unsigned dict_size ) - : - partial_data_pos( 0 ), - dictionary_size( dict_size ), - buffer( new uint8_t[dictionary_size] ), - pos( 0 ), - stream_pos( 0 ), - crc_( 0xFFFFFFFFU ) - { buffer[dictionary_size-1] = 0; } // prev_byte of first_byte - - ~LZ_decoder() { delete[] buffer; } - - unsigned crc() const { return crc_ ^ 0xFFFFFFFFU; } - unsigned long long data_position() const { return partial_data_pos + pos; } - - bool decode_member(); - }; - - -void LZ_decoder::flush_data() - { - if( pos > stream_pos ) - { - const unsigned size = pos - stream_pos; - crc32.update_buf( crc_, buffer + stream_pos, size ); - errno = 0; - if( std::fwrite( buffer + stream_pos, 1, size, stdout ) != size ) - { std::fprintf( stderr, "Write error: %s\n", std::strerror( errno ) ); - std::exit( 1 ); } - if( pos >= dictionary_size ) { partial_data_pos += pos; pos = 0; } - stream_pos = pos; - } - } - - -bool LZ_decoder::decode_member() // Returns false if error - { - Bit_model bm_literal[1<<literal_context_bits][0x300]; - Bit_model bm_match[State::states][pos_states]; - Bit_model bm_rep[State::states]; - Bit_model bm_rep0[State::states]; - Bit_model bm_rep1[State::states]; - 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_align[dis_align_size]; - Len_model match_len_model; - Len_model rep_len_model; - unsigned rep0 = 0; // rep[0-3] latest four distances - unsigned rep1 = 0; // used for efficient coding of - unsigned rep2 = 0; // repeated distances - unsigned rep3 = 0; - State state; - - while( !std::feof( stdin ) && !std::ferror( stdin ) ) - { - const int pos_state = data_position() & pos_state_mask; - if( rdec.decode_bit( bm_match[state()][pos_state] ) == 0 ) // 1st bit - { - const uint8_t prev_byte = get_byte( 0 ); - const int literal_state = prev_byte >> ( 8 - literal_context_bits ); - Bit_model * const bm = bm_literal[literal_state]; - if( state.is_char() ) - put_byte( rdec.decode_tree( bm, 8 ) ); - else - put_byte( rdec.decode_matched( bm, get_byte( rep0 ) ) ); - state.set_char(); - } - else - { - int len; - if( rdec.decode_bit( bm_rep[state()] ) != 0 ) // 2nd bit - { - if( rdec.decode_bit( bm_rep0[state()] ) != 0 ) // 3rd bit - { - unsigned distance; - if( rdec.decode_bit( bm_rep1[state()] ) == 0 ) // 4th bit - distance = rep1; - else - { - if( rdec.decode_bit( bm_rep2[state()] ) == 0 ) // 5th bit - distance = rep2; - else - { distance = rep3; rep3 = rep2; } - rep2 = rep1; - } - rep1 = rep0; - rep0 = distance; - } - else - { - if( rdec.decode_bit( bm_len[state()][pos_state] ) == 0 ) // 4th bit - { state.set_short_rep(); put_byte( get_byte( rep0 ) ); continue; } - } - state.set_rep(); - len = min_match_len + rdec.decode_len( rep_len_model, pos_state ); - } - else - { - 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 - { - 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, - direct_bits ); - else - { - rep0 += rdec.decode( direct_bits - dis_align_bits ) << dis_align_bits; - rep0 += rdec.decode_tree_reversed( bm_align, dis_align_bits ); - if( rep0 == 0xFFFFFFFFU ) // Marker found - { - flush_data(); - return ( len == min_match_len ); // End Of Stream marker - } - } - } - state.set_match(); - if( rep0 >= dictionary_size || ( rep0 >= pos && !partial_data_pos ) ) - return false; - } - for( int i = 0; i < len; ++i ) - put_byte( get_byte( rep0 ) ); - } - } - return false; - } - - -int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] ) - { - if( argc > 1 ) - { - std::printf( "Lzd %s - Educational decompressor for lzip files.\n", - PROGVERSION ); - std::printf( "Study the source to learn how a lzip decompressor works.\n" - "See the lzip manual for an explanation of the code.\n" - "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) 2013 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" - "Lzd home page: http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzd.html\n" ); - return 0; - } - - for( bool first_member = true; ; first_member = false ) - { - File_header header; - for( int i = 0; i < 6; ++i ) - header[i] = std::getc( stdin ); - if( std::feof( stdin ) || std::memcmp( header, "LZIP", 4 ) != 0 ) - { - if( first_member ) - { std::fprintf( stderr, "Bad magic number (file not in lzip format)\n" ); - return 2; } - break; - } - if( header[4] != 1 ) - { - std::fprintf( stderr, "Version %d member format not supported.\n", - header[4] ); - return 2; - } - unsigned dict_size = 1 << ( header[5] & 0x1F ); - dict_size -= ( dict_size / 16 ) * ( ( header[5] >> 5 ) & 7 ); - if( dict_size < min_dictionary_size || dict_size > max_dictionary_size ) - { std::fprintf( stderr, "Invalid dictionary size in member header\n" ); - return 2; } - - LZ_decoder decoder( dict_size ); - if( !decoder.decode_member() ) - { std::fprintf( stderr, "Data error\n" ); return 2; } - - File_trailer 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]; } - unsigned long long data_size = 0; - for( int i = 11; i >= 4; --i ) { data_size <<= 8; data_size += trailer[i]; } - if( crc != decoder.crc() || data_size != decoder.data_position() ) - { std::fprintf( stderr, "CRC error\n" ); return 2; } - } - - if( std::fclose( stdout ) != 0 ) - { std::fprintf( stderr, "Can't close stdout: %s\n", std::strerror( errno ) ); - return 1; } - return 0; - } -@end verbatim - - -@node Concept index -@unnumbered Concept index - -@printindex cp - -@bye |