From f0130ae17358f2cce85a53f12baecb4720285a85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 16:11:05 +0100 Subject: Adding upstream version 0.3. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- doc/plzip.1 | 5 ++++- doc/plzip.info | 26 ++++++++++++++++++-------- doc/plzip.texinfo | 20 +++++++++++++++----- 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/plzip.1 b/doc/plzip.1 index 0fefe38..feb0aa1 100644 --- a/doc/plzip.1 +++ b/doc/plzip.1 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.36. -.TH PLZIP "1" "January 2010" "Plzip 0.2" "User Commands" +.TH PLZIP "1" "January 2010" "Plzip 0.3" "User Commands" .SH NAME Plzip \- data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ display this help and exit \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR output version information and exit .TP +\fB\-B\fR, \fB\-\-data\-size=\fR +set input data block size in bytes +.TP \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-stdout\fR send output to standard output .TP 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 diff --git a/doc/plzip.texinfo b/doc/plzip.texinfo index 7712600..04bf822 100644 --- a/doc/plzip.texinfo +++ b/doc/plzip.texinfo @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ @finalout @c %**end of header -@set UPDATED 17 January 2010 -@set VERSION 0.2 +@set UPDATED 24 January 2010 +@set VERSION 0.3 @dircategory Data Compression @direntry @@ -50,9 +50,11 @@ to copy, distribute and modify it. @chapter Introduction @cindex 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 @@ -127,6 +129,14 @@ Print an informative help message describing the options and exit. @itemx -V Print the version number of plzip on the standard output and exit. +@item --data-size=@var{size} +@itemx -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. + @item --stdout @itemx -c Compress or decompress to standard output. Needed when reading from a -- cgit v1.2.3