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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.37.1.
-.TH PLZIP "1" "December 2010" "Plzip 0.7" "User Commands"
+.TH PLZIP "1" "January 2012" "Plzip 0.8" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
Plzip \- reduces the size of files
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ 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>
+\fB\-B\fR, \fB\-\-data\-size=\fR<bytes>
set input data block size in bytes
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-stdout\fR
@@ -27,10 +27,13 @@ decompress
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
overwrite existing output files
.TP
+\fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-recompress\fR
+force recompression of compressed files
+.TP
\fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-keep\fR
keep (don't delete) input files
.TP
-\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-match\-length=\fR<n>
+\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-match\-length=\fR<bytes>
set match length limit in bytes [36]
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-threads=\fR<n>
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ if reading stdin, place the output into <file>
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
suppress all messages
.TP
-\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-dictionary\-size=\fR<n>
+\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-dictionary\-size=\fR<bytes>
set dictionary size limit in bytes [8MiB]
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-test\fR
@@ -64,6 +67,10 @@ If no file names are given, plzip compresses or decompresses
from standard input to standard output.
Numbers may be followed by a multiplier: k = kB = 10^3 = 1000,
Ki = KiB = 2^10 = 1024, M = 10^6, Mi = 2^20, G = 10^9, Gi = 2^30, etc...
+The bidimensional parameter space of LZMA can't be mapped to a linear
+scale optimal for all files. If your files are large, very repetitive,
+etc, you may need to use the \fB\-\-match\-length\fR and \fB\-\-dictionary\-size\fR
+options directly to achieve optimal performance.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to lzip\-bug@nongnu.org
.br
@@ -71,8 +78,8 @@ Plzip home page: http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/plzip.html
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2009 Laszlo Ersek.
.br
-Copyright \(co 2010 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
-Using Lzlib 1.1\-rc1
+Copyright \(co 2012 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+Using Lzlib 1.3\-rc1
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.