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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 |