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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.46.1. -.TH LZIP "1" "August 2015" "lzip 1.18-pre1" "User Commands" +.TH LZIP "1" "May 2016" "lzip 1.18" "User Commands" .SH NAME lzip \- reduces the size of files .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ exit with error status if trailing data set member size limit in bytes .TP \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-stdout\fR -send output to standard output +write to standard output, keep input files .TP \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-decompress\fR decompress @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ keep (don't delete) input files set match length limit in bytes [36] .TP \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output=\fR<file> -if reading stdin, place the output into <file> +if reading standard input, write to <file> .TP \fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR suppress all messages @@ -66,13 +66,16 @@ alias for \fB\-0\fR \fB\-\-best\fR alias for \fB\-9\fR .PP -If no file names are given, lzip compresses or decompresses -from standard input to standard output. +If no file names are given, or if a file is '\-', lzip compresses or +decompresses from standard input to standard output. Numbers may be followed by a multiplier: k = kB = 10^3 = 1000, Ki = KiB = 2^10 = 1024, M = 10^6, Mi = 2^20, G = 10^9, Gi = 2^30, etc... +Dictionary sizes 12 to 29 are interpreted as powers of two, meaning 2^12 +to 2^29 bytes. +.PP 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 \fB\-\-match\-length\fR and \fB\-\-dictionary\-size\fR +etc, you may need to use the \fB\-\-dictionary\-size\fR and \fB\-\-match\-length\fR options directly to achieve optimal performance. .PP Exit status: 0 for a normal exit, 1 for environmental problems (file @@ -84,7 +87,7 @@ Report bugs to lzip\-bug@nongnu.org .br Lzip home page: http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip.html .SH COPYRIGHT -Copyright \(co 2015 Antonio Diaz Diaz. +Copyright \(co 2016 Antonio Diaz Diaz. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> .br This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. |