Merging upstream version 0.3.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <mail@daniel-baumann.ch>

3 files changed, 37 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/doc/plzip.1 b/doc/plzip.1
index 0fefe38..feb0aa1 100644
--- a/doc/plzip.1
+++ b/doc/plzip.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.36.
-.TH PLZIP "1" "January 2010" "Plzip 0.2" "User Commands"
+.TH PLZIP "1" "January 2010" "Plzip 0.3" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 Plzip \- data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ display this help and exit
 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
 output version information and exit
 .TP
+\fB\-B\fR, \fB\-\-data\-size=\fR<n>
+set input data block size in bytes
+.TP
 \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-stdout\fR
 send output to standard output
 .TP
diff --git a/doc/plzip.info b/doc/plzip.info
index ca7bda4..9a48fcb 100644
--- a/doc/plzip.info
+++ b/doc/plzip.info
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ File: plzip.info,  Node: Top,  Next: Introduction,  Up: (dir)
 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
diff --git a/doc/plzip.texinfo b/doc/plzip.texinfo
index 7712600..04bf822 100644
--- a/doc/plzip.texinfo
+++ b/doc/plzip.texinfo
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 @finalout
 @c %**end of header
 
-@set UPDATED 17 January 2010
-@set VERSION 0.2
+@set UPDATED 24 January 2010
+@set VERSION 0.3
 
 @dircategory Data Compression
 @direntry
@@ -50,9 +50,11 @@ to copy, distribute and modify it.
 @chapter Introduction
 @cindex 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
@@ -127,6 +129,14 @@ Print an informative help message describing the options and exit.
 @itemx -V
 Print the version number of plzip on the standard output and exit.
 
+@item --data-size=@var{size}
+@itemx -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.
+
 @item --stdout
 @itemx -c
 Compress or decompress to standard output. Needed when reading from a