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diff --git a/doc/plzip.info b/doc/plzip.info index 9a48fcb..c4dc967 100644 --- a/doc/plzip.info +++ b/doc/plzip.info @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ plzip.texinfo. INFO-DIR-SECTION Data Compression START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY -* Plzip: (plzip). Parallel version of the lzip data compressor +* Plzip: (plzip). Parallel compressor compatible with lzip END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ File: plzip.info, Node: Top, Next: Introduction, Up: (dir) Plzip Manual ************ -This manual is for Plzip (version 0.3, 24 January 2010). +This manual is for Plzip (version 0.4, 31 January 2010). * Menu: @@ -34,11 +34,13 @@ File: plzip.info, Node: Introduction, Next: Invoking Plzip, Prev: Top, Up: T 1 Introduction ************** -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. +Plzip is a massively parallel (multithreaded) data compressor compatible +with the lzip file format. 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. On +files big enough, plzip can use hundreds of processors. 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 @@ -303,11 +305,11 @@ Concept Index Tag Table: -Node: Top227 -Node: Introduction750 -Node: Invoking Plzip3571 -Node: File Format7260 -Node: Problems9216 -Node: Concept Index9745 +Node: Top223 +Node: Introduction746 +Node: Invoking Plzip3669 +Node: File Format7358 +Node: Problems9314 +Node: Concept Index9843 End Tag Table |