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authorDaniel Baumann <mail@daniel-baumann.ch>2015-11-07 10:16:13 +0000
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@finalout
@c %**end of header
-@set UPDATED 12 November 2011
-@set VERSION 1.13-rc1
+@set UPDATED 20 November 2011
+@set VERSION 1.13-rc2
@dircategory Data Compression
@direntry
@@ -122,6 +122,20 @@ data as possible when decompressing a corrupt file.
@itemx --decompress
Decompress.
+@item -D @var{range}
+@itemx --range-decompress=@var{range}
+Decompress only a range of bytes starting at decompressed byte position
+@samp{@var{begin}} and up to byte position @w{@samp{@var{end} - 1}}.
+Three formats of @var{range} are recognized, @samp{@var{begin}},
+@samp{@var{begin}-@var{end}}, and @samp{@var{begin},@var{size}}. If only
+@var{begin} is specified, @var{end} is taken as the end of the file. The
+produced bytes are sent to standard output unless the @samp{--output}
+option is used. In order to guarantee the correctness of the data
+produced, all members containing any part of the desired data are
+decompressed and their integrity is verified. This operation is more
+efficient in multimember files because it only decompresses the members
+containing the desired data.
+
@item -f
@itemx --force
Force overwrite of output files.
@@ -130,6 +144,11 @@ Force overwrite of output files.
@itemx --keep
Keep (don't delete) input files during decompression.
+@item -l
+@itemx --list
+Print total file sizes and ratios. The values produced are correct even
+for multimember files.
+
@item -m
@itemx --merge
Try to produce a correct file merging the good parts of two or more
@@ -195,6 +214,24 @@ trailing garbage (if any).
@end table
+@sp 1
+Numbers given as arguments to options may be followed by a multiplier
+and an optional @samp{B} for "byte".
+
+Table of SI and binary prefixes (unit multipliers):
+
+@multitable {Prefix} {kilobyte (10^3 = 1000)} {|} {Prefix} {kibibyte (2^10 = 1024)}
+@item Prefix @tab Value @tab | @tab Prefix @tab Value
+@item k @tab kilobyte (10^3 = 1000) @tab | @tab Ki @tab kibibyte (2^10 = 1024)
+@item M @tab megabyte (10^6) @tab | @tab Mi @tab mebibyte (2^20)
+@item G @tab gigabyte (10^9) @tab | @tab Gi @tab gibibyte (2^30)
+@item T @tab terabyte (10^12) @tab | @tab Ti @tab tebibyte (2^40)
+@item P @tab petabyte (10^15) @tab | @tab Pi @tab pebibyte (2^50)
+@item E @tab exabyte (10^18) @tab | @tab Ei @tab exbibyte (2^60)
+@item Z @tab zettabyte (10^21) @tab | @tab Zi @tab zebibyte (2^70)
+@item Y @tab yottabyte (10^24) @tab | @tab Yi @tab yobibyte (2^80)
+@end multitable
+
@node File Format
@chapter File Format