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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-11-10 08:40:31 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-11-10 08:40:31 +0000 |
commit | 10e3a59a25eda2b93c796c47359853c5b8dfc6ea (patch) | |
tree | f9150853a6efb876658d94db232a755f1b44a44e /doc/pdlzip.1 | |
parent | Releasing debian version 1.13-2. (diff) | |
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Merging upstream version 1.14~rc1.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/doc/pdlzip.1 b/doc/pdlzip.1 index 1a16448..15fb29a 100644 --- a/doc/pdlzip.1 +++ b/doc/pdlzip.1 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.49.2. -.TH PDLZIP "1" "January 2024" "pdlzip 1.13" "User Commands" +.TH PDLZIP "1" "November 2024" "pdlzip 1.14-rc1" "User Commands" .SH NAME pdlzip \- reduces the size of files .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -9,19 +9,19 @@ pdlzip \- reduces the size of files Pdlzip is a permissively licensed implementation of the lzip data compressor, intended for those who can't distribute (or even use) GPL licensed Free Software. The name of pdlzip comes from 'public domain lzip'. -Pdlzip is written in C and is compatible with lzip 1.4 or newer. +Pdlzip is written in C. .PP Lzip is a lossless data compressor with a user interface similar to the one -of gzip or bzip2. Lzip uses a simplified form of the 'Lempel\-Ziv\-Markov -chain\-Algorithm' (LZMA) stream format to maximize interoperability. The -maximum dictionary size is 512 MiB so that any lzip file can be decompressed -on 32\-bit machines. Lzip provides accurate and robust 3\-factor integrity -checking. Lzip can compress about as fast as gzip (lzip \fB\-0\fR) or compress most -files more than bzip2 (lzip \fB\-9\fR). Decompression speed is intermediate between -gzip and bzip2. Lzip is better than gzip and bzip2 from a data recovery -perspective. Lzip has been designed, written, and tested with great care to -replace gzip and bzip2 as the standard general\-purpose compressed format for -Unix\-like systems. +of gzip or bzip2. Lzip uses a simplified form of LZMA (Lempel\-Ziv\-Markov +chain\-Algorithm) designed to achieve complete interoperability between +implementations. The maximum dictionary size is 512 MiB so that any lzip +file can be decompressed on 32\-bit machines. Lzip provides accurate and +robust 3\-factor integrity checking. 'lzip \fB\-0\fR' compresses about as fast as +gzip, while 'lzip \fB\-9\fR' compresses most files more than bzip2. Decompression +speed is intermediate between gzip and bzip2. Lzip provides better data +recovery capabilities than gzip and bzip2. Lzip has been designed, written, +and tested with great care to replace gzip and bzip2 as general\-purpose +compressed format for Unix\-like systems. .PP Pdlzip is also able to decompress legacy lzma\-alone (.lzma) files. Lzma\-alone is a very bad format; it is essentially a raw LZMA stream. |