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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.46.1.
.TH LZIP "1" "August 2014" "lzip 1.16" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
lzip \- reduces the size of files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B lzip
[\fI\,options\/\fR] [\fI\,files\/\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Lzip \- LZMA lossless data compressor.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-member\-size=\fR<bytes>
set member size limit in bytes
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-stdout\fR
send output to standard output
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-decompress\fR
decompress
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
overwrite existing output files
.TP
\fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-recompress\fR
force recompression of compressed files
.TP
\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-keep\fR
keep (don't delete) input files
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-match\-length=\fR<bytes>
set match length limit in bytes [36]
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output=\fR<file>
if reading stdin, place the output into <file>
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
suppress all messages
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-dictionary\-size=\fR<bytes>
set dictionary size limit in bytes [8 MiB]
.TP
\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-volume\-size=\fR<bytes>
set volume size limit in bytes
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-test\fR
test compressed file integrity
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
be verbose (a 2nd \fB\-v\fR gives more)
.TP
\fB\-0\fR .. \fB\-9\fR
set compression level [default 6]
.TP
\fB\-\-fast\fR
alias for \fB\-0\fR
.TP
\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.
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...
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
options directly to achieve optimal performance. For example, \fB\-9m64\fR
usually compresses executables more (and faster) than \fB\-9\fR.
.PP
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.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to lzip\-bug@nongnu.org
.br
Lzip home page: http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip.html
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2014 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.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B lzip
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B lzip
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info lzip
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.