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diff --git a/doc/plzip.texinfo b/doc/plzip.texinfo index c83d5a5..f981207 100644 --- a/doc/plzip.texinfo +++ b/doc/plzip.texinfo @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ @finalout @c %**end of header -@set UPDATED 17 January 2012 -@set VERSION 0.8 +@set UPDATED 1 March 2012 +@set VERSION 0.9 @dircategory Data Compression @direntry @@ -102,6 +102,13 @@ the check occurs upon decompression, so it can only tell you that something is wrong. It can't help you recover the original uncompressed data. +WARNING! Even if plzip is bug-free, other causes may result in a corrupt +compressed file (bugs in the system libraries, memory errors, etc). +Therefore, if the data you are going to compress is important, give the +@samp{--keep} option to plzip and do not remove the original file until +you verify the compressed file with a command like +@w{@samp{plzip -cd file.lz | cmp file -}}. + Return values: 0 for a normal exit, 1 for environmental problems (file not found, invalid flags, I/O errors, etc), 2 to indicate a corrupt or invalid input file, 3 for an internal consistency error (eg, bug) which |