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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Description 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. Lzip is a clean implementation of the LZMA algorithm. +perspective. Lzip is a clean implementation of the LZMA "algorithm". The lzip file format is designed for long-term data archiving, taking into account both data integrity and decoder availability: @@ -24,9 +24,15 @@ into account both data integrity and decoder availability: * Additionally lzip is copylefted, which guarantees that it will remain free forever. +A nice feature of the lzip format is that a corrupt byte is easier to +repair the nearer it is from the beginning of the file. Therefore, with +the help of lziprecover, losing an entire archive just because of a +corrupt byte near the beginning is a thing of the past. + 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. +gzip) when it is used as a back end for other programs like tar or +zutils. Lzip will automatically use the smallest possible dictionary size for each file without exceeding the given limit. Keep in mind that the @@ -95,8 +101,7 @@ range encoding), Igor Pavlov (for putting all the above together in LZMA), and Julian Seward (for bzip2's CLI). -Copyright (C) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 -Antonio Diaz Diaz. +Copyright (C) 2008-2014 Antonio Diaz Diaz. This file is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it. |