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@@ -1,20 +1,25 @@ Description -Lziprecover is a data recovery tool and decompressor for files in the -lzip compressed data format (.lz). Lziprecover is able to repair -slightly damaged files, produce a correct file by merging the good parts -of two or more damaged copies, extract data from damaged files, -decompress files and test integrity of files. +Lziprecover is a data recovery tool and decompressor for files in the lzip +compressed data format (.lz). Lziprecover is able to repair slightly damaged +files, produce a correct file by merging the good parts of two or more +damaged copies, extract data from damaged files, decompress files and test +integrity of files. -Lziprecover provides random access to the data in multimember files; it -only decompresses the members containing the desired data. +Lziprecover can remove the damaged members from multimember files, for +example multimember tar.lz archives. + +Lziprecover provides random access to the data in multimember files; it only +decompresses the members containing the desired data. + +Lziprecover facilitates the management of metadata stored as trailing data +in lzip files. Lziprecover is not a replacement for regular backups, but a last line of defense for the case where the backups are also damaged. -The lzip file format is designed for data sharing and long-term -archiving, taking into account both data integrity and decoder -availability: +The lzip file format is designed for data sharing and long-term archiving, +taking into account both data integrity and decoder availability: * The lzip format provides very safe integrity checking and some data recovery means. The lziprecover program can repair bit flip errors @@ -23,11 +28,11 @@ availability: merging of damaged copies of a file. * The lzip format is as simple as possible (but not simpler). The - lzip manual provides the source code of a simple decompressor along - with a detailed explanation of how it works, so that with the only - help of the lzip manual it would be possible for a digital - archaeologist to extract the data from a lzip file long after - quantum computers eventually render LZMA obsolete. + lzip manual provides the source code of a simple decompressor + along with a detailed explanation of how it works, so that with + the only help of the lzip manual it would be possible for a + digital archaeologist to extract the data from a lzip file long + after quantum computers eventually render LZMA obsolete. * Additionally the lzip reference implementation is copylefted, which guarantees that it will remain free forever. @@ -56,7 +61,7 @@ with the '-D' option. When recovering data, lziprecover takes as arguments the names of the damaged files and writes zero or more recovered files depending on the operation selected and whether the recovery succeeded or not. The -damaged files themselves are never modified. +damaged files themselves are kept unchanged. When decompressing or testing file integrity, lziprecover behaves like lzip or lunzip. @@ -75,7 +80,7 @@ unzcrash.c from Julian Seward's bzip2. Type 'make unzcrash' in the lziprecover source directory to build it. Then try 'unzcrash --help'. -Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Antonio Diaz Diaz. +Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Antonio Diaz Diaz. This file is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it. |