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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2019-01-11 05:24:36 +0000
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Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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-rw-r--r--doc/lzlib.info162
-rw-r--r--doc/lzlib.texi120
-rw-r--r--doc/minilzip.111
3 files changed, 171 insertions, 122 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lzlib.info b/doc/lzlib.info
index 23a4d21..5a1a573 100644
--- a/doc/lzlib.info
+++ b/doc/lzlib.info
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ File: lzlib.info, Node: Top, Next: Introduction, Up: (dir)
Lzlib Manual
************
-This manual is for Lzlib (version 1.10, 7 February 2018).
+This manual is for Lzlib (version 1.11, 2 January 2019).
* Menu:
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ This manual is for Lzlib (version 1.10, 7 February 2018).
* Concept index:: Index of concepts
- Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+ Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
This manual is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to
copy, distribute and modify it.
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ File: lzlib.info, Node: Introduction, Next: Library version, Prev: Top, Up:
1 Introduction
**************
-Lzlib is a data compression library providing in-memory LZMA compression
-and decompression functions, including integrity checking of the
-decompressed data. The compressed data format used by the library is the
-lzip format. Lzlib is written in C.
+Lzlib is a data compression library providing in-memory LZMA
+compression and decompression functions, including integrity checking
+of the decompressed data. The compressed data format used by the
+library is the lzip format. Lzlib is written in C.
The lzip file format is designed for data sharing and long-term
archiving, taking into account both data integrity and decoder
@@ -90,15 +90,20 @@ with a SIZE equal to 0.
If all the data to be compressed are written in advance, lzlib will
automatically adjust the header of the compressed data to use the
-smallest possible dictionary size. This feature reduces the amount of
-memory needed for decompression and allows minilzip to produce identical
-compressed output as lzip.
+largest dictionary size that does not exceed neither the data size nor
+the limit given to 'LZ_compress_open'. This feature reduces the amount
+of memory needed for decompression and allows minilzip to produce
+identical compressed output as lzip.
Lzlib will correctly decompress a data stream which is the
concatenation of two or more compressed data streams. The result is the
concatenation of the corresponding decompressed data streams. Integrity
testing of concatenated compressed data streams is also supported.
+ Lzlib is able to compress and decompress streams of unlimited size by
+automatically creating multimember output. The members so created are
+large, about 2 PiB each.
+
All the library functions are thread safe. The library does not
install any signal handler. The decoder checks the consistency of the
compressed data, so the library should never crash even in case of
@@ -253,11 +258,13 @@ calling 'LZ_compress_errno' before using it.
output as 'lzip -0'. (The dictionary size used will be rounded
upwards to 64 KiB).
- MEMBER_SIZE sets the member size limit in bytes. Minimum member
- size limit is 100 kB. Small member size may degrade compression
- ratio, so use it only when needed. To produce a single-member data
- stream, give MEMBER_SIZE a value larger than the amount of data to
- be produced, for example INT64_MAX.
+ MEMBER_SIZE sets the member size limit in bytes. Valid values
+ range from 100 kB to 2 PiB. Small member size may degrade
+ compression ratio, so use it only when needed. To produce a
+ single-member data stream, give MEMBER_SIZE a value larger than
+ the amount of data to be produced. Values larger than 2 PiB will be
+ reduced to 2 PiB to prevent the uncompressed size of the member
+ from overflowing.
-- Function: int LZ_compress_close ( struct LZ_Encoder * const ENCODER
)
@@ -270,6 +277,7 @@ calling 'LZ_compress_errno' before using it.
ENCODER )
Use this function to tell 'lzlib' that all the data for this member
have already been written (with the 'LZ_compress_write' function).
+ It is safe to call 'LZ_compress_finish' as many times as needed.
After all the produced compressed data have been read with
'LZ_compress_read' and 'LZ_compress_member_finished' returns 1, a
new member can be started with 'LZ_compress_restart_member'.
@@ -322,7 +330,7 @@ calling 'LZ_compress_errno' before using it.
-- Function: enum LZ_Errno LZ_compress_errno ( struct LZ_Encoder *
const ENCODER )
- Returns the current error code for ENCODER (*note Error codes::).
+ Returns the current error code for ENCODER. *Note Error codes::.
-- Function: int LZ_compress_finished ( struct LZ_Encoder * const
ENCODER )
@@ -388,7 +396,8 @@ verified by calling 'LZ_decompress_errno' before using it.
DECODER )
Use this function to tell 'lzlib' that all the data for this stream
have already been written (with the 'LZ_decompress_write'
- function).
+ function). It is safe to call 'LZ_decompress_finish' as many
+ times as needed.
-- Function: int LZ_decompress_reset ( struct LZ_Decoder * const
DECODER )
@@ -420,6 +429,12 @@ verified by calling 'LZ_decompress_errno' before using it.
'LZ_decompress_write' function. Note that reading less than SIZE
bytes is not an error.
+ In case of decompression error caused by corrupt or truncated data,
+ 'LZ_decompress_read' does not signal the error immediately to the
+ application, but waits until all decoded bytes have been read. This
+ allows tools like tarlz to recover as much data as possible from
+ each damaged member. *Note tarlz manual: (tarlz)Top.
+
-- Function: int LZ_decompress_write ( struct LZ_Decoder * const
DECODER, uint8_t * const BUFFER, const int SIZE )
The 'LZ_decompress_write' function writes up to SIZE bytes from
@@ -440,7 +455,7 @@ verified by calling 'LZ_decompress_errno' before using it.
-- Function: enum LZ_Errno LZ_decompress_errno ( struct LZ_Decoder *
const DECODER )
- Returns the current error code for DECODER (*note Error codes::).
+ Returns the current error code for DECODER. *Note Error codes::.
-- Function: int LZ_decompress_finished ( struct LZ_Decoder * const
DECODER )
@@ -543,8 +558,8 @@ whether a call failed. If the call failed, then you can examine
file.
-- Constant: enum LZ_Errno LZ_library_error
- A bug was detected in the library. Please, report it (*note
- Problems::).
+ A bug was detected in the library. Please, report it. *Note
+ Problems::.

File: lzlib.info, Node: Error messages, Next: Invoking minilzip, Prev: Error codes, Up: Top
@@ -568,6 +583,9 @@ File: lzlib.info, Node: Invoking minilzip, Next: Data format, Prev: Error mes
9 Invoking minilzip
*******************
+Minilzip is a test program for the lzlib compression library, fully
+compatible with lzip 1.4 or newer.
+
The format for running minilzip is:
minilzip [OPTIONS] [FILES]
@@ -585,7 +603,7 @@ command line.
'-V'
'--version'
Print the version number of minilzip on the standard output and
- exit.
+ exit. This version number should be included in all bug reports.
'-a'
'--trailing-error'
@@ -654,12 +672,14 @@ command line.
'-s BYTES'
'--dictionary-size=BYTES'
When compressing, set the dictionary size limit in bytes. Minilzip
- will use the smallest possible dictionary size for each file
- without exceeding this limit. Valid values range from 4 KiB to
- 512 MiB. Values 12 to 29 are interpreted as powers of two, meaning
- 2^12 to 2^29 bytes. Note that dictionary sizes are quantized. If
- the specified size does not match one of the valid sizes, it will
- be rounded upwards by adding up to (BYTES / 8) to it.
+ will use for each file the largest dictionary size that does not
+ exceed neither the file size nor this limit. Valid values range
+ from 4 KiB to 512 MiB. Values 12 to 29 are interpreted as powers
+ of two, meaning 2^12 to 2^29 bytes. Dictionary sizes are quantized
+ so that they can be coded in just one byte (*note
+ coded-dict-size::). If the specified size does not match one of
+ the valid sizes, it will be rounded upwards by adding up to
+ (BYTES / 8) to it.
For maximum compression you should use a dictionary size limit as
large as possible, but keep in mind that the decompression memory
@@ -695,27 +715,32 @@ command line.
size, and trailer contents (CRC, data size, member size).
'-0 .. -9'
- Set the compression parameters (dictionary size and match length
- limit) as shown in the table below. The default compression level
- is '-6'. Note that '-9' can be much slower than '-0'. These
- options have no effect when decompressing or testing.
+ Compression level. Set the compression parameters (dictionary size
+ and match length limit) as shown in the table below. The default
+ compression level is '-6', equivalent to '-s8MiB -m36'. Note that
+ '-9' can be much slower than '-0'. These options have no effect
+ when decompressing or testing.
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 '--dictionary-size' and
'--match-length' options directly to achieve optimal performance.
- Level Dictionary size Match length limit
- -0 64 KiB 16 bytes
- -1 1 MiB 5 bytes
- -2 1.5 MiB 6 bytes
- -3 2 MiB 8 bytes
- -4 3 MiB 12 bytes
- -5 4 MiB 20 bytes
- -6 8 MiB 36 bytes
- -7 16 MiB 68 bytes
- -8 24 MiB 132 bytes
- -9 32 MiB 273 bytes
+ If several compression levels or '-s' or '-m' options are given,
+ the last setting is used. For example '-9 -s64MiB' is equivalent
+ to '-s64MiB -m273'
+
+ Level Dictionary size (-s) Match length limit (-m)
+ -0 64 KiB 16 bytes
+ -1 1 MiB 5 bytes
+ -2 1.5 MiB 6 bytes
+ -3 2 MiB 8 bytes
+ -4 3 MiB 12 bytes
+ -5 4 MiB 20 bytes
+ -6 8 MiB 36 bytes
+ -7 16 MiB 68 bytes
+ -8 24 MiB 132 bytes
+ -9 32 MiB 273 bytes
'--fast'
'--best'
@@ -795,11 +820,11 @@ stream, with no additional information before, between, or after them.
'DS (coded dictionary size, 1 byte)'
The dictionary size is calculated by taking a power of 2 (the base
- size) and substracting from it a fraction between 0/16 and 7/16 of
+ size) and subtracting from it a fraction between 0/16 and 7/16 of
the base size.
Bits 4-0 contain the base 2 logarithm of the base size (12 to 29).
- Bits 7-5 contain the numerator of the fraction (0 to 7) to
- substract from the base size to obtain the dictionary size.
+ Bits 7-5 contain the numerator of the fraction (0 to 7) to subtract
+ from the base size to obtain the dictionary size.
Example: 0xD3 = 2^19 - 6 * 2^15 = 512 KiB - 6 * 32 KiB = 320 KiB
Valid values for dictionary size range from 4 KiB to 512 MiB.
@@ -845,12 +870,10 @@ Example 1: Normal compression (MEMBER_SIZE > total output).
1) LZ_compress_open
2) LZ_compress_write
- 3) LZ_compress_read
- 4) go back to step 2 until all input data have been written
- 5) LZ_compress_finish
- 6) LZ_compress_read
- 7) go back to step 6 until LZ_compress_finished returns 1
- 8) LZ_compress_close
+ 3) if no more data to write, call LZ_compress_finish
+ 4) LZ_compress_read
+ 5) go back to step 2 until LZ_compress_finished returns 1
+ 6) LZ_compress_close
Example 2: Normal compression using LZ_compress_write_size.
@@ -868,12 +891,10 @@ Example 3: Decompression.
1) LZ_decompress_open
2) LZ_decompress_write
- 3) LZ_decompress_read
- 4) go back to step 2 until all input data have been written
- 5) LZ_decompress_finish
- 6) LZ_decompress_read
- 7) go back to step 6 until LZ_decompress_finished returns 1
- 8) LZ_decompress_close
+ 3) if no more data to write, call LZ_decompress_finish
+ 4) LZ_decompress_read
+ 5) go back to step 2 until LZ_decompress_finished returns 1
+ 6) LZ_decompress_close
Example 4: Decompression using LZ_decompress_write_size.
@@ -988,20 +1009,21 @@ Concept index

Tag Table:
Node: Top220
-Node: Introduction1342
-Node: Library version6154
-Node: Buffering6799
-Node: Parameter limits8024
-Node: Compression functions8983
-Node: Decompression functions15592
-Node: Error codes21762
-Node: Error messages24064
-Node: Invoking minilzip24649
-Ref: --trailing-error25243
-Node: Data format31883
-Node: Examples34454
-Node: Problems38570
-Node: Concept index39142
+Node: Introduction1341
+Node: Library version6397
+Node: Buffering7042
+Node: Parameter limits8267
+Node: Compression functions9226
+Node: Decompression functions16010
+Node: Error codes22599
+Node: Error messages24900
+Node: Invoking minilzip25485
+Ref: --trailing-error26243
+Node: Data format33248
+Ref: coded-dict-size34557
+Node: Examples35817
+Node: Problems39813
+Node: Concept index40385

End Tag Table
diff --git a/doc/lzlib.texi b/doc/lzlib.texi
index 34154cd..55e80c2 100644
--- a/doc/lzlib.texi
+++ b/doc/lzlib.texi
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
@finalout
@c %**end of header
-@set UPDATED 7 February 2018
-@set VERSION 1.10
+@set UPDATED 2 January 2019
+@set VERSION 1.11
@dircategory Data Compression
@direntry
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ This manual is for Lzlib (version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}).
@end menu
@sp 1
-Copyright @copyright{} 2009-2018 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2009-2019 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
This manual is free documentation: you have unlimited permission
to copy, distribute and modify it.
@@ -61,14 +61,13 @@ to copy, distribute and modify it.
@chapter Introduction
@cindex introduction
-Lzlib is a data compression library providing in-memory LZMA compression
-and decompression functions, including integrity checking of the
-decompressed data. The compressed data format used by the library is the
-lzip format. Lzlib is written in C.
+@uref{http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzlib.html,,Lzlib} is a data compression
+library providing in-memory LZMA compression and decompression functions,
+including integrity checking of the decompressed data. The compressed data
+format used by the library is the lzip format. Lzlib is written in C.
-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:
@itemize @bullet
@item
@@ -118,15 +117,20 @@ data to be compressed in advance, just call the read function with a
If all the data to be compressed are written in advance, lzlib will
automatically adjust the header of the compressed data to use the
-smallest possible dictionary size. This feature reduces the amount of
-memory needed for decompression and allows minilzip to produce identical
-compressed output as lzip.
+largest dictionary size that does not exceed neither the data size nor
+the limit given to @samp{LZ_compress_open}. This feature reduces the
+amount of memory needed for decompression and allows minilzip to produce
+identical compressed output as lzip.
Lzlib will correctly decompress a data stream which is the concatenation
of two or more compressed data streams. The result is the concatenation
of the corresponding decompressed data streams. Integrity testing of
concatenated compressed data streams is also supported.
+Lzlib is able to compress and decompress streams of unlimited size by
+automatically creating multimember output. The members so created are
+large, about @w{2 PiB} each.
+
All the library functions are thread safe. The library does not install
any signal handler. The decoder checks the consistency of the compressed
data, so the library should never crash even in case of corrupted input.
@@ -286,11 +290,13 @@ fast variant of LZMA is chosen, which produces identical compressed
output as @code{lzip -0}. (The dictionary size used will be rounded
upwards to @w{64 KiB}).
-@var{member_size} sets the member size limit in bytes. Minimum member
-size limit is @w{100 kB}. Small member size may degrade compression
-ratio, so use it only when needed. To produce a single-member data
-stream, give @var{member_size} a value larger than the amount of data to
-be produced, for example INT64_MAX.
+@var{member_size} sets the member size limit in bytes. Valid values
+range from @w{100 kB} to @w{2 PiB}. Small member size may degrade
+compression ratio, so use it only when needed. To produce a
+single-member data stream, give @var{member_size} a value larger than
+the amount of data to be produced. Values larger than @w{2 PiB} will be
+reduced to @w{2 PiB} to prevent the uncompressed size of the member from
+overflowing.
@end deftypefun
@@ -305,6 +311,7 @@ longer be used as an argument to any LZ_compress function.
@deftypefun int LZ_compress_finish ( struct LZ_Encoder * const @var{encoder} )
Use this function to tell @samp{lzlib} that all the data for this member
have already been written (with the @samp{LZ_compress_write} function).
+It is safe to call @samp{LZ_compress_finish} as many times as needed.
After all the produced compressed data have been read with
@samp{LZ_compress_read} and @samp{LZ_compress_member_finished} returns
1, a new member can be started with @samp{LZ_compress_restart_member}.
@@ -364,7 +371,7 @@ accept a @var{size} up to the returned number of bytes.
@deftypefun {enum LZ_Errno} LZ_compress_errno ( struct LZ_Encoder * const @var{encoder} )
-Returns the current error code for @var{encoder} (@pxref{Error codes}).
+Returns the current error code for @var{encoder}. @xref{Error codes}.
@end deftypefun
@@ -440,6 +447,7 @@ longer be used as an argument to any LZ_decompress function.
@deftypefun int LZ_decompress_finish ( struct LZ_Decoder * const @var{decoder} )
Use this function to tell @samp{lzlib} that all the data for this stream
have already been written (with the @samp{LZ_decompress_write} function).
+It is safe to call @samp{LZ_decompress_finish} as many times as needed.
@end deftypefun
@@ -474,6 +482,16 @@ less than @var{size}; for example, if there aren't that many bytes left
in the stream or if more bytes have to be yet written with the
@samp{LZ_decompress_write} function. Note that reading less than
@var{size} bytes is not an error.
+
+In case of decompression error caused by corrupt or truncated data,
+@samp{LZ_decompress_read} does not signal the error immediately to the
+application, but waits until all decoded bytes have been read. This
+allows tools like
+@uref{http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/manual/tarlz_manual.html,,tarlz} to
+recover as much data as possible from each damaged member.
+@ifnothtml
+@xref{Top,tarlz manual,,tarlz}.
+@end ifnothtml
@end deftypefun
@@ -498,7 +516,7 @@ will accept a @var{size} up to the returned number of bytes.
@deftypefun {enum LZ_Errno} LZ_decompress_errno ( struct LZ_Decoder * const @var{decoder} )
-Returns the current error code for @var{decoder} (@pxref{Error codes}).
+Returns the current error code for @var{decoder}. @xref{Error codes}.
@end deftypefun
@@ -616,7 +634,7 @@ used to remove conflicting trailing data from a file.
@end deftypevr
@deftypevr Constant {enum LZ_Errno} LZ_library_error
-A bug was detected in the library. Please, report it (@pxref{Problems}).
+A bug was detected in the library. Please, report it. @xref{Problems}.
@end deftypevr
@@ -640,6 +658,10 @@ The value of @var{lz_errno} normally comes from a call to
@cindex invoking
@cindex options
+Minilzip is a test program for the lzlib compression library, fully
+compatible with lzip 1.4 or newer.
+
+@noindent
The format for running minilzip is:
@example
@@ -661,6 +683,7 @@ Print an informative help message describing the options and exit.
@item -V
@itemx --version
Print the version number of minilzip on the standard output and exit.
+This version number should be included in all bug reports.
@anchor{--trailing-error}
@item -a
@@ -728,12 +751,13 @@ Quiet operation. Suppress all messages.
@item -s @var{bytes}
@itemx --dictionary-size=@var{bytes}
When compressing, set the dictionary size limit in bytes. Minilzip will use
-the smallest possible dictionary size for each file without exceeding
-this limit. Valid values range from @w{4 KiB} to @w{512 MiB}. Values 12
-to 29 are interpreted as powers of two, meaning 2^12 to 2^29 bytes. Note
-that dictionary sizes are quantized. If the specified size does not
-match one of the valid sizes, it will be rounded upwards by adding up to
-@w{(@var{bytes} / 8)} to it.
+for each file the largest dictionary size that does not exceed neither
+the file size nor this limit. Valid values range from @w{4 KiB} to
+@w{512 MiB}. Values 12 to 29 are interpreted as powers of two, meaning
+2^12 to 2^29 bytes. Dictionary sizes are quantized so that they can be
+coded in just one byte (@pxref{coded-dict-size}). If the specified size
+does not match one of the valid sizes, it will be rounded upwards by
+adding up to @w{(@var{bytes} / 8)} to it.
For maximum compression you should use a dictionary size limit as large
as possible, but keep in mind that the decompression memory requirement
@@ -768,18 +792,23 @@ verbosity level, showing status, compression ratio, dictionary size,
and trailer contents (CRC, data size, member size).
@item -0 .. -9
-Set the compression parameters (dictionary size and match length limit)
-as shown in the table below. The default compression level is @samp{-6}.
-Note that @samp{-9} can be much slower than @samp{-0}. These options
-have no effect when decompressing or testing.
+Compression level. Set the compression parameters (dictionary size and
+match length limit) as shown in the table below. The default compression
+level is @samp{-6}, equivalent to @w{@samp{-s8MiB -m36}}. Note that
+@samp{-9} can be much slower than @samp{-0}. These options have no
+effect when decompressing or testing.
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 @samp{--dictionary-size} and
@samp{--match-length} options directly to achieve optimal performance.
-@multitable {Level} {Dictionary size} {Match length limit}
-@item Level @tab Dictionary size @tab Match length limit
+If several compression levels or @samp{-s} or @samp{-m} options are
+given, the last setting is used. For example @w{@samp{-9 -s64MiB}} is
+equivalent to @w{@samp{-s64MiB -m273}}
+
+@multitable {Level} {Dictionary size (-s)} {Match length limit (-m)}
+@item Level @tab Dictionary size (-s) @tab Match length limit (-m)
@item -0 @tab 64 KiB @tab 16 bytes
@item -1 @tab 1 MiB @tab 5 bytes
@item -2 @tab 1.5 MiB @tab 6 bytes
@@ -875,12 +904,13 @@ 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. 1 for now.
+@anchor{coded-dict-size}
@item DS (coded dictionary size, 1 byte)
The dictionary size is calculated by taking a power of 2 (the base size)
-and substracting from it a fraction between 0/16 and 7/16 of the base
+and subtracting from it a fraction between 0/16 and 7/16 of the base
size.@*
Bits 4-0 contain the base 2 logarithm of the base size (12 to 29).@*
-Bits 7-5 contain the numerator of the fraction (0 to 7) to substract
+Bits 7-5 contain the numerator of the fraction (0 to 7) to subtract
from the base size to obtain the dictionary size.@*
Example: 0xD3 = 2^19 - 6 * 2^15 = 512 KiB - 6 * 32 KiB = 320 KiB@*
Valid values for dictionary size range from 4 KiB to 512 MiB.
@@ -934,12 +964,10 @@ Example 1: Normal compression (@var{member_size} > total output).
@example
1) LZ_compress_open
2) LZ_compress_write
-3) LZ_compress_read
-4) go back to step 2 until all input data have been written
-5) LZ_compress_finish
-6) LZ_compress_read
-7) go back to step 6 until LZ_compress_finished returns 1
-8) LZ_compress_close
+3) if no more data to write, call LZ_compress_finish
+4) LZ_compress_read
+5) go back to step 2 until LZ_compress_finished returns 1
+6) LZ_compress_close
@end example
@sp 1
@@ -963,12 +991,10 @@ Example 3: Decompression.
@example
1) LZ_decompress_open
2) LZ_decompress_write
-3) LZ_decompress_read
-4) go back to step 2 until all input data have been written
-5) LZ_decompress_finish
-6) LZ_decompress_read
-7) go back to step 6 until LZ_decompress_finished returns 1
-8) LZ_decompress_close
+3) if no more data to write, call LZ_decompress_finish
+4) LZ_decompress_read
+5) go back to step 2 until LZ_decompress_finished returns 1
+6) LZ_decompress_close
@end example
@sp 1
diff --git a/doc/minilzip.1 b/doc/minilzip.1
index a5f30c8..adb6e33 100644
--- a/doc/minilzip.1
+++ b/doc/minilzip.1
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.46.1.
-.TH MINILZIP "1" "February 2018" "minilzip 1.10" "User Commands"
+.TH MINILZIP "1" "January 2019" "minilzip 1.11" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
minilzip \- reduces the size of files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B minilzip
[\fI\,options\/\fR] [\fI\,files\/\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
-Minilzip \- Test program for the lzlib library.
+Minilzip is a test program for the lzlib compression library, fully
+compatible with lzip 1.4 or newer.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ suppress all messages
set dictionary size limit in bytes [8 MiB]
.TP
\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-volume\-size=\fR<bytes>
-set volume size limit in bytes, implies \fB\-k\fR
+set volume size limit in bytes
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-test\fR
test compressed file integrity
@@ -90,8 +91,8 @@ Report bugs to lzip\-bug@nongnu.org
.br
Lzlib home page: http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzlib.html
.SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 2018 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
-Using lzlib 1.10
+Copyright \(co 2019 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+Using lzlib 1.11
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.