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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.49.2. -.TH LZIP "1" "March 2024" "lzip 1.24.1" "User Commands" +.TH LZIP "1" "November 2024" "lzip 1.25-rc1" "User Commands" .SH NAME lzip \- reduces the size of files .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ lzip \- reduces the size of files [\fI\,options\/\fR] [\fI\,files\/\fR] .SH DESCRIPTION Lzip is a lossless data compressor with a user interface similar to the one -of gzip or bzip2. Lzip uses a simplified form of the 'Lempel\-Ziv\-Markov -chain\-Algorithm' (LZMA) stream format to maximize interoperability. The -maximum dictionary size is 512 MiB so that any lzip file can be decompressed -on 32\-bit machines. Lzip provides accurate and robust 3\-factor integrity -checking. Lzip can compress about as fast as gzip (lzip \fB\-0\fR) or compress most -files more than bzip2 (lzip \fB\-9\fR). Decompression speed is intermediate between -gzip and bzip2. Lzip is better than gzip and bzip2 from a data recovery -perspective. Lzip has been designed, written, and tested with great care to -replace gzip and bzip2 as the standard general\-purpose compressed format for -Unix\-like systems. +of gzip or bzip2. Lzip uses a simplified form of LZMA (Lempel\-Ziv\-Markov +chain\-Algorithm) designed to achieve complete interoperability between +implementations. The maximum dictionary size is 512 MiB so that any lzip +file can be decompressed on 32\-bit machines. Lzip provides accurate and +robust 3\-factor integrity checking. 'lzip \fB\-0\fR' compresses about as fast as +gzip, while 'lzip \fB\-9\fR' compresses most files more than bzip2. Decompression +speed is intermediate between gzip and bzip2. Lzip provides better data +recovery capabilities than gzip and bzip2. Lzip has been designed, written, +and tested with great care to replace gzip and bzip2 as general\-purpose +compressed format for Unix\-like systems. .SH OPTIONS .TP \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ output version information and exit exit with error status if trailing data .TP \fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-member\-size=\fR<bytes> -set member size limit in bytes +set member size limit of multimember files .TP \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-stdout\fR write to standard output, keep input files @@ -79,12 +79,6 @@ alias for \fB\-0\fR \fB\-\-best\fR alias for \fB\-9\fR .TP -\fB\-\-empty\-error\fR -exit with error status if empty member in file -.TP -\fB\-\-marking\-error\fR -exit with error status if 1st LZMA byte not 0 -.TP \fB\-\-loose\-trailing\fR allow trailing data seeming corrupt header .PP |