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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.
applications like package managers, 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. 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.
Lzip is a lossless data compressor with a user interface similar to the one
of gzip or bzip2. Lzip uses a simplified form of the 'Lempel-Ziv-Markov
chain-Algorithm' (LZMA) stream format, chosen to maximize safety and
interoperability. 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.
For compressing/decompressing large files on multiprocessor machines plzip
can be much faster than lzip at the cost of a slightly reduced compression
ratio.
For creation and manipulation of compressed tar archives tarlz can be more
efficient than using tar and plzip because tarlz is able to keep the
alignment between tar members and lzip members.
The lzip file format is designed for data sharing and long-term archiving,
taking into account both data integrity and decoder availability:
* The lzip format provides very safe integrity checking and some data
recovery means. The lziprecover program can repair bit flip errors
(one of the most common forms of data corruption) in lzip files,
and provides data recovery capabilities, including error-checked
merging of damaged copies of a file.
recovery means. The program lziprecover can repair bit flip errors
(one of the most common forms of data corruption) in lzip files, and
provides data recovery capabilities, including error-checked merging
of damaged copies of a file.
* The lzip format is as simple as possible (but not simpler). The
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.
* The lzip format is as simple as possible (but not simpler). The 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.
A nice feature of the lzip format is that a corrupt byte is easier to
repair the nearer it is from the beginning of the file. Therefore, with
the help of lziprecover, losing an entire archive just because of a
corrupt byte near the beginning is a thing of the past.
A nice feature of the lzip format is that a corrupt byte is easier to repair
the nearer it is from the beginning of the file. Therefore, with the help of
lziprecover, losing an entire archive just because of a corrupt byte near
the beginning is a thing of the past.
Clzip uses the same well-defined exit status values used by lzip, which
Clzip uses the same well-defined exit status values used by bzip2, which
makes it safer than compressors returning ambiguous warning values (like
gzip) when it is used as a back end for other programs like tar or zutils.
Clzip will automatically use for each file the largest dictionary size
that does not exceed neither the file size nor the limit given. Keep in
mind that the decompression memory requirement is affected at
compression time by the choice of dictionary size limit.
Clzip will automatically use for each file the largest dictionary size that
does not exceed neither the file size nor the limit given. Keep in mind that
the decompression memory requirement is affected at compression time by the
choice of dictionary size limit.
The amount of memory required for compression is about 1 or 2 times the
dictionary size limit (1 if input file size is less than dictionary size
limit, else 2) plus 9 times the dictionary size really used. The option
'-0' is special and only requires about 1.5 MiB at most. The amount of
memory required for decompression is about 46 kB larger than the
dictionary size really used.
limit, else 2) plus 9 times the dictionary size really used. The option '-0'
is special and only requires about 1.5 MiB at most. The amount of memory
required for decompression is about 46 kB larger than the dictionary size
really used.
When compressing, clzip replaces every file given in the command line
with a compressed version of itself, with the name "original_name.lz".
@ -68,37 +78,36 @@ possible, ownership of the file just as 'cp -p' does. (If the user ID or
the group ID can't be duplicated, the file permission bits S_ISUID and
S_ISGID are cleared).
Clzip is able to read from some types of non regular files if the
'--stdout' option is specified.
Clzip is able to read from some types of non-regular files if either the
option '-c' or the option '-o' is specified.
If no file names are specified, clzip compresses (or decompresses) from
standard input to standard output. In this case, clzip will decline to
write compressed output to a terminal, as this would be entirely
incomprehensible and therefore pointless.
standard input to standard output. Clzip will refuse to read compressed data
from a terminal or write compressed data to a terminal, as this would be
entirely incomprehensible and might leave the terminal in an abnormal state.
Clzip will correctly decompress a file which is the concatenation of two or
more compressed files. The result is the concatenation of the corresponding
decompressed files. Integrity testing of concatenated compressed files is
also supported.
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 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
large, about 2 PiB each.
automatically creating multimember output. The members so created are large,
about 2 PiB each.
In spite of its name (Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain-Algorithm), LZMA is not a
concrete algorithm; it is more like "any algorithm using the LZMA coding
scheme". For example, the option '-0' of lzip uses the scheme in almost
the simplest way possible; issuing the longest match it can find, or a
literal byte if it can't find a match. Inversely, a much more elaborated
way of finding coding sequences of minimum size than the one currently
used by lzip could be developed, and the resulting sequence could also
be coded using the LZMA coding scheme.
scheme". For example, the option '-0' of lzip uses the scheme in almost the
simplest way possible; issuing the longest match it can find, or a literal
byte if it can't find a match. Inversely, a much more elaborated way of
finding coding sequences of minimum size than the one currently used by lzip
could be developed, and the resulting sequence could also be coded using the
LZMA coding scheme.
Clzip currently implements two variants of the LZMA algorithm; fast
(used by option '-0') and normal (used by all other compression levels).
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contexts according to what the bits are used for.
The ideas embodied in clzip are due to (at least) the following people:
Abraham Lempel and Jacob Ziv (for the LZ algorithm), Andrey Markov (for
the definition of Markov chains), G.N.N. Martin (for the definition of
range encoding), Igor Pavlov (for putting all the above together in
LZMA), and Julian Seward (for bzip2's CLI).
Abraham Lempel and Jacob Ziv (for the LZ algorithm), Andrey Markov (for the
definition of Markov chains), G.N.N. Martin (for the definition of range
encoding), Igor Pavlov (for putting all the above together in LZMA), and
Julian Seward (for bzip2's CLI).
LANGUAGE NOTE: Uncompressed = not compressed = plain data; it may never
have been compressed. Decompressed is used to refer to data which have
undergone the process of decompression.
LANGUAGE NOTE: Uncompressed = not compressed = plain data; it may never have
been compressed. Decompressed is used to refer to data which have undergone
the process of decompression.
Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
Copyright (C) 2010-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
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