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NAME
plzip - reduces the size of files
SYNOPSIS
plzip [,options/] [,files/]
DESCRIPTION
Plzip is a massively parallel (multi-threaded) implementation of lzip,
fully compatible with lzip 1.4 or newer. Plzip uses the lzlib
compression library.
Lzip is a lossless data compressor with a user interface similar to
the one of gzip or bzip2. Lzip can compress about as fast as gzip
(lzip -0) or compress most files more than bzip2 (lzip -9).
Decompression speed is intermediate between gzip and bzip2. Lzip is
better than gzip and bzip2 from a data recovery perspective. Lzip has
been designed, written and tested with great care to replace gzip and
bzip2 as the standard general-purpose compressed format for unix-like
systems.
Plzip can compress/decompress large files on multiprocessor machines
much faster than lzip, at the cost of a slightly reduced compression
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.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
display this help and exit
-V, --version
output version information and exit
-a, --trailing-error
exit with error status if trailing data
-B, --data-size=<bytes>
set size of input data blocks [2x8=16 MiB]
-c, --stdout
write to standard output, keep input files
-d, --decompress
decompress
-f, --force
overwrite existing output files
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-F, --recompress
force re-compression of compressed files
-k, --keep
keep (don't delete) input files
-l, --list
print (un)compressed file sizes
-m, --match-length=<bytes>
set match length limit in bytes [36]
-n, --threads=<n>
set number of (de)compression threads [2]
-o, --output=<file>
if reading standard input, write to <file>
-q, --quiet
suppress all messages
-s, --dictionary-size=<bytes>
set dictionary size limit in bytes [8 MiB]
-t, --test
test compressed file integrity
-v, --verbose
be verbose (a 2nd -v gives more)
-0 .. -9
set compression level [default 6]
--fast
alias for -0
--best
alias for -9
--loose-trailing
allow trailing data seeming corrupt header
--in-slots=<n>
number of 1 MiB input packets buffered [4]
--out-slots=<n>
number of 1 MiB output packets buffered [64]
If no file names are given, or if a file is '-', plzip compresses or
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decompresses from standard input to standard output. Numbers may be
followed by a multiplier: k = kB = 10^3 = 1000, Ki = KiB = 2^10 =
1024, M = 10^6, Mi = 2^20, G = 10^9, Gi = 2^30, etc... Dictionary
sizes 12 to 29 are interpreted as powers of two, meaning 2^12 to 2^29
bytes.
The bidimensional parameter space of LZMA can't be mapped to a linear
scale optimal for all files. If your files are large, very repetitive,
etc, you may need to use the --dictionary-size and --match-length
options directly to achieve optimal performance.
Exit status: 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 caused plzip to panic.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to lzip-bug@nongnu.org
Plzip home page: http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/plzip.html
COPYRIGHT
Copyright c 2009 Laszlo Ersek.
Copyright c 2019 Antonio Diaz Diaz. Using lzlib 1.11 License GPLv2+:
GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for plzip is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
If the info and plzip programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info plzip
should give you access to the complete manual.
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