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authorDaniel Baumann <mail@daniel-baumann.ch>2015-11-07 15:11:05 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <mail@daniel-baumann.ch>2015-11-07 15:11:05 +0000
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Plzip Manual
************
-This manual is for Plzip (version 0.2, 17 January 2010).
+This manual is for Plzip (version 0.3, 24 January 2010).
* Menu:
@@ -34,9 +34,11 @@ File: plzip.info, Node: Introduction, Next: Invoking Plzip, Prev: Top, Up: T
1 Introduction
**************
-Plzip is a parallel version of the lzip data compressor. Currently only
-compression is performed in parallel. Parallel decompression is planned
-to be implemented later.
+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.
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
@@ -104,6 +106,14 @@ The format for running plzip is:
`-V'
Print the version number of plzip on the standard output and exit.
+`--data-size=SIZE'
+`-B'
+ Set the input data block size in bytes. The input file will be
+ divided in chunks of this size before compression is performed.
+ Valid values range from 100kB to 1GiB. Default value is two times
+ the dictionary size. It is a waste of memory to choose a data size
+ smaller than the dictionary size.
+
`--stdout'
`-c'
Compress or decompress to standard output. Needed when reading
@@ -295,9 +305,9 @@ Concept Index
Tag Table:
Node: Top227
Node: Introduction750
-Node: Invoking Plzip3402
-Node: File Format6747
-Node: Problems8703
-Node: Concept Index9232
+Node: Invoking Plzip3571
+Node: File Format7260
+Node: Problems9216
+Node: Concept Index9745

End Tag Table