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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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parentAdding upstream version 0.2. (diff)
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Adding upstream version 0.3.upstream/0.3
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <mail@daniel-baumann.ch>
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-rw-r--r--doc/plzip.info26
-rw-r--r--doc/plzip.texinfo20
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