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Description
Clzip is a lossless data compressor with a user interface similar to the
one of gzip or bzip2. Clzip is about as fast as gzip, compresses most
files more than bzip2, and is better than both from a data recovery
perspective.
Clzip is a C language version of lzip, fully compatible with lzip-1.4 or
newer. As clzip is written in C, it may be easier to integrate in
applications like package managers, embedded devices, or systems lacking
a C++ compiler.
Clzip uses the lzip file format; the files produced by clzip are fully
compatible with lzip-1.4 or newer, and can be rescued with lziprecover.
Clzip is in fact a C language version of lzip, intended for embedded
devices or systems lacking a C++ compiler.
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.
The lzip file format is designed for data sharing and long-term
archiving, taking into account both data integrity and decoder
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merging of damaged copies of a file.
* The lzip format is as simple as possible (but not simpler). The
lzip manual provides the code of a simple decompressor along with a
detailed explanation of how it works, so that with the only help of
the lzip manual it would be possible for a digital archaeologist to
extract the data from a lzip file long after quantum computers
eventually render LZMA obsolete.
lzip manual provides the source code of a simple decompressor along
with a detailed explanation of how it works, so that with the only
help of the lzip manual it would be possible for a digital
archaeologist to extract the data from a lzip file long after
quantum computers eventually render LZMA obsolete.
* Additionally the lzip reference implementation is copylefted, which
guarantees that it will remain free forever.
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corresponding uncompressed files. Integrity testing of concatenated
compressed files is also supported.
Clzip can produce multimember files and safely recover, with
lziprecover, the undamaged members in case of file damage. Clzip can
also split the compressed output in volumes of a given size, even when
reading from standard input. This allows the direct creation of
multivolume compressed tar archives.
Clzip can produce multimember files, and lziprecover can safely recover
the undamaged members in case of file damage. Clzip can also split the
compressed output in volumes of a given size, even when reading from
standard input. This allows the direct creation of multivolume
compressed tar archives.
Clzip is able to compress and decompress streams of unlimited size by
automatically creating multimember output. The members so created are
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LZMA), and Julian Seward (for bzip2's CLI).
Copyright (C) 2010-2016 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
Copyright (C) 2010-2017 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
This file is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy,
distribute and modify it.