From 1df8b167e42bcbcb0a102d8c41adb29efa5eebfd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 16:40:18 +0100 Subject: Adding upstream version 1.3. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- README | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index de76ecd..a6cc369 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ the one of lzip, bzip2 or gzip. Plzip can compress/decompress large files on multiprocessor machines much faster than lzip, at the cost of a slightly reduced compression -ratio. Note that the number of usable threads is limited by file size; -on files larger than a few GB plzip can use hundreds of processors, but -on files of only a few MB plzip is no faster than lzip. +ratio (0.4 to 2 percent larger compressed files). Note that the number +of usable threads is limited by file size; on files larger than a few GB +plzip can use hundreds of processors, but on files of only a few MB +plzip is no faster than lzip. When compressing, plzip divides the input file into chunks and compresses as many chunks simultaneously as worker threads are chosen, @@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ corresponding uncompressed files. Integrity testing of concatenated compressed files is also supported. -Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Antonio Diaz Diaz. +Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Antonio Diaz Diaz. This file is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it. -- cgit v1.2.3