From 8ea0538d70bde5c4759fce0f5bda0684517d6d92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 11:21:04 +0100 Subject: Merging upstream version 1.14~rc1. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- doc/lziprecover.1 | 4 ++-- doc/lziprecover.info | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- doc/lziprecover.texinfo | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++------------- 3 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/lziprecover.1 b/doc/lziprecover.1 index 862cbe0..d63f6ab 100644 --- a/doc/lziprecover.1 +++ b/doc/lziprecover.1 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.37.1. -.TH LZIPRECOVER "1" "February 2012" "Lziprecover 1.13" "User Commands" +.TH LZIPRECOVER "1" "February 2013" "Lziprecover 1.14-rc1" "User Commands" .SH NAME Lziprecover \- recovers data from damaged lzip files .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Report bugs to lzip\-bug@nongnu.org .br Lziprecover home page: http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lziprecover.html .SH COPYRIGHT -Copyright \(co 2012 Antonio Diaz Diaz. +Copyright \(co 2013 Antonio Diaz Diaz. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later .br This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. diff --git a/doc/lziprecover.info b/doc/lziprecover.info index 73830cf..7b24dcb 100644 --- a/doc/lziprecover.info +++ b/doc/lziprecover.info @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ File: lziprecover.info, Node: Top, Next: Introduction, Up: (dir) Lziprecover Manual ****************** -This manual is for Lziprecover (version 1.13, 24 February 2012). +This manual is for Lziprecover (version 1.14-rc1, 27 February 2013). * Menu: @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ This manual is for Lziprecover (version 1.13, 24 February 2012). * Concept Index:: Index of concepts - Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Antonio Diaz Diaz. + Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Antonio Diaz Diaz. This manual is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it. @@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ The format for running lziprecover is: `-l' `--list' Print total file sizes and ratios. The values produced are correct - even for multi-member files. + even for multi-member files. Use it together with `-v' to see + information about the members in the file. `-m' `--merge' @@ -221,7 +222,12 @@ File: lziprecover.info, Node: File Format, Next: Examples, Prev: Invoking Lzi 3 File Format ************* -In the diagram below, a box like this: +Perfection is reached, not when there is no longer anything to add, but +when there is no longer anything to take away. +-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery + + + In the diagram below, a box like this: +---+ | | <-- the vertical bars might be missing +---+ @@ -250,15 +256,18 @@ additional information before, between, or after them. "LZIP". `VN (version number, 1 byte)' - Just in case something needs to be modified in the future. Valid - values are 0 and 1. Version 0 files are deprecated. They can - contain only one member and lack the `Member size' field. + Just in case something needs to be modified in the future. 1 for + now. `DS (coded dictionary size, 1 byte)' - Bits 4-0 contain the base 2 logarithm of the base dictionary size. - Bits 7-5 contain the number of "wedges" to substract from the base - dictionary size to obtain the dictionary size. The size of a wedge - is (base dictionary size / 16). + Lzip divides the distance between any two powers of 2 into 8 + equally spaced intervals, named "wedges". The dictionary size is + calculated by taking a power of 2 (the base size) and substracting + from it a number of wedges between 0 and 7. The size of a wedge is + (base_size / 16). + Bits 4-0 contain the base 2 logarithm of the base size (12 to 29). + Bits 7-5 contain the number of wedges (0 to 7) to substract from + the base size to obtain the dictionary size. Valid values for dictionary size range from 4KiB to 512MiB. `Lzma stream' @@ -272,9 +281,9 @@ additional information before, between, or after them. Size of the uncompressed original data. `Member size (8 bytes)' - Total size of the member, including header and trailer. This - facilitates safe recovery of undamaged members from multi-member - files. + Total size of the member, including header and trailer. This field + acts as a distributed index, and facilitates safe recovery of + undamaged members from multi-member files.  @@ -399,13 +408,13 @@ Concept Index  Tag Table: Node: Top231 -Node: Introduction900 -Node: Invoking Lziprecover2937 -Node: File Format7982 -Node: Examples9989 -Ref: ddrescue-example11207 -Node: Problems13038 -Node: Concept Index13588 +Node: Introduction910 +Node: Invoking Lziprecover2947 +Node: File Format8073 +Node: Examples10394 +Ref: ddrescue-example11612 +Node: Problems13443 +Node: Concept Index13993  End Tag Table diff --git a/doc/lziprecover.texinfo b/doc/lziprecover.texinfo index 22eea8a..872abb4 100644 --- a/doc/lziprecover.texinfo +++ b/doc/lziprecover.texinfo @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ @finalout @c %**end of header -@set UPDATED 24 February 2012 -@set VERSION 1.13 +@set UPDATED 27 February 2013 +@set VERSION 1.14-rc1 @dircategory Data Compression @direntry @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ This manual is for Lziprecover (version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}). @end menu @sp 1 -Copyright @copyright{} 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Antonio Diaz Diaz. +Copyright @copyright{} 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Antonio Diaz Diaz. This manual is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it. @@ -155,7 +155,9 @@ 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 multi-member files. +for multi-member files. Use it together with @samp{-v} to see +information about the members in the file. + @item -m @itemx --merge @@ -245,6 +247,11 @@ Table of SI and binary prefixes (unit multipliers): @chapter File Format @cindex file format +Perfection is reached, not when there is no longer anything to add, but +when there is no longer anything to take away.@* +--- Antoine de Saint-Exupery + +@sp 1 In the diagram below, a box like this: @verbatim +---+ @@ -280,15 +287,16 @@ All multibyte values are stored in little endian order. A four byte string, identifying the lzip format, with the value "LZIP". @item VN (version number, 1 byte) -Just in case something needs to be modified in the future. Valid values -are 0 and 1. Version 0 files are deprecated. They can contain only one -member and lack the @samp{Member size} field. +Just in case something needs to be modified in the future. 1 for now. @item DS (coded dictionary size, 1 byte) -Bits 4-0 contain the base 2 logarithm of the base dictionary size.@* -Bits 7-5 contain the number of "wedges" to substract from the base -dictionary size to obtain the dictionary size. The size of a wedge is -(base dictionary size / 16).@* +Lzip divides the distance between any two powers of 2 into 8 equally +spaced intervals, named "wedges". The dictionary size is calculated by +taking a power of 2 (the base size) and substracting from it a number of +wedges between 0 and 7. The size of a wedge is (base_size / 16).@* +Bits 4-0 contain the base 2 logarithm of the base size (12 to 29).@* +Bits 7-5 contain the number of wedges (0 to 7) to substract from the +base size to obtain the dictionary size.@* Valid values for dictionary size range from 4KiB to 512MiB. @item Lzma stream @@ -302,8 +310,9 @@ CRC of the uncompressed original data. Size of the uncompressed original data. @item Member size (8 bytes) -Total size of the member, including header and trailer. This facilitates -safe recovery of undamaged members from multi-member files. +Total size of the member, including header and trailer. This field acts +as a distributed index, and facilitates safe recovery of undamaged +members from multi-member files. @end table -- cgit v1.2.3