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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ lziprecover.texi.
INFO-DIR-SECTION Data Compression
START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
-* Lziprecover: (lziprecover). Data recovery tool for lzip files
+* Lziprecover: (lziprecover). Data recovery tool for the lzip format
END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ File: lziprecover.info, Node: Top, Next: Introduction, Up: (dir)
Lziprecover Manual
******************
-This manual is for Lziprecover (version 1.16-rc1, 1 July 2014).
+This manual is for Lziprecover (version 1.16, 29 August 2014).
* Menu:
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ This manual is for Lziprecover (version 1.16-rc1, 1 July 2014).
* Concept index:: Index of concepts
- Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+ Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
This manual is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to
copy, distribute and modify it.
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ into account both data integrity and decoder availability:
* Additionally lzip is copylefted, which guarantees that it will
remain free forever.
+ A nice feature of the lzip format is that a corrupt byte is easier to
+repair the nearer it is from the beginning of the file. Therefore, with
+the help of lziprecover, losing an entire archive just because of a
+corrupt byte near the beginning is a thing of the past.
+
Lziprecover is able to recover or decompress files produced by any of
the compressors in the lzip family; lzip, plzip, minilzip/lzlib, clzip
and pdlzip.
@@ -257,7 +262,7 @@ corruption.
Bit-flip happens when one bit in the file is changed from 0 to 1 or
vice versa. It may be caused by bad RAM or even by natural radiation. I
-have seen a case of bit-flip in a file stored in an USB flash drive.
+have seen a case of bit-flip in a file stored on an USB flash drive.
Repairing a file can take some time. Small files or files with the
error located near the beginning can be repaired in a few seconds. But
@@ -496,9 +501,15 @@ programs with a suitable command line syntax.
values for each byte. 'N-bit error' means any value differing from
the original value in N bit positions, not a value differing from
the original value in the bit position N.
- The number of N-bit errors per byte (N = 1 to 8) is: 8 28 56 70 56
- 28 8 1
- Examples of RANGE: 1 1,2,3 1-4 1,3-5,8 1-3,5-8
+ The number of N-bit errors per byte (N = 1 to 8) is:
+ 8 28 56 70 56 28 8 1
+
+ Examples of RANGE Tests errors of N-bit
+ 1 1
+ 1,2,3 1, 2 and 3
+ 2-4 2, 3 and 4
+ 1,3-5,8 1, 3, 4, 5 and 8
+ 1-3,5-8 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8
'-p BYTES'
'--position=BYTES'
@@ -560,17 +571,17 @@ Concept index

Tag Table:
-Node: Top226
-Node: Introduction1098
-Node: Invoking lziprecover3856
-Node: Repairing files9294
-Node: Merging files10484
-Node: File format12255
-Node: Examples14765
-Ref: ddrescue-example15966
-Node: Unzcrash17075
-Node: Problems19447
-Node: Concept index19997
+Node: Top231
+Node: Introduction1077
+Node: Invoking lziprecover4105
+Node: Repairing files9543
+Node: Merging files10733
+Node: File format12504
+Node: Examples15014
+Ref: ddrescue-example16215
+Node: Unzcrash17324
+Node: Problems19876
+Node: Concept index20426

End Tag Table