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authorDaniel Baumann <mail@daniel-baumann.ch>2015-11-07 15:11:56 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <mail@daniel-baumann.ch>2015-11-07 15:11:56 +0000
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INFO-DIR-SECTION Data Compression
START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
-* Plzip: (plzip). Parallel version of the lzip data compressor
+* Plzip: (plzip). Parallel compressor compatible with lzip
END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY

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Plzip Manual
************
-This manual is for Plzip (version 0.3, 24 January 2010).
+This manual is for Plzip (version 0.4, 31 January 2010).
* Menu:
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1 Introduction
**************
-Plzip is a parallel version of the lzip data compressor. The files
-produced by plzip are fully compatible with lzip-1.4 or newer. Plzip is
-intended for faster compression/decompression of big files on
-multiprocessor machines. Currently only compression is performed in
-parallel. Parallel decompression is planned to be implemented later.
+Plzip is a massively parallel (multithreaded) data compressor compatible
+with the lzip file format. The files produced by plzip are fully
+compatible with lzip-1.4 or newer. Plzip is intended for faster
+compression/decompression of big files on multiprocessor machines. On
+files big enough, plzip can use hundreds of processors. Currently only
+compression is performed in parallel. Parallel decompression is planned
+to be implemented later.
Lzip is a lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm, with
very safe integrity checking and a user interface similar to the one of
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Tag Table:
-Node: Top227
-Node: Introduction750
-Node: Invoking Plzip3571
-Node: File Format7260
-Node: Problems9216
-Node: Concept Index9745
+Node: Top223
+Node: Introduction746
+Node: Invoking Plzip3669
+Node: File Format7358
+Node: Problems9314
+Node: Concept Index9843

End Tag Table