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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.