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| author | Daniel Baumann <mail@daniel-baumann.ch> | 2015-11-07 15:40:23 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <mail@daniel-baumann.ch> | 2015-11-07 15:40:23 +0000 |
| commit | 042db76f3df9f7cfdaedc018e87ee4a5210654bd (patch) | |
| tree | e1bfdfc1e7765a928c3a724de7b3db2c5fb0f98c /README | |
| parent | Adding debian version 1.3~pre1-1. (diff) | |
| download | plzip-042db76f3df9f7cfdaedc018e87ee4a5210654bd.tar.xz plzip-042db76f3df9f7cfdaedc018e87ee4a5210654bd.zip | |
Merging upstream version 1.3.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <mail@daniel-baumann.ch>
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@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ the one of lzip, bzip2 or gzip. Plzip can compress/decompress large files on multiprocessor machines much faster than lzip, at the cost of a slightly reduced compression -ratio. Note that the number of usable threads is limited by file size; -on files larger than a few GB plzip can use hundreds of processors, but -on files of only a few MB plzip is no faster than lzip. +ratio (0.4 to 2 percent larger compressed files). Note that the number +of usable threads is limited by file size; on files larger than a few GB +plzip can use hundreds of processors, but on files of only a few MB +plzip is no faster than lzip. When compressing, plzip divides the input file into chunks and compresses as many chunks simultaneously as worker threads are chosen, @@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ corresponding uncompressed files. Integrity testing of concatenated compressed files is also supported. -Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Antonio Diaz Diaz. +Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Antonio Diaz Diaz. This file is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it. |