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Description
Lziprecover is a data recovery tool and decompressor for files in the
lzip compressed data format (.lz), able to repair slightly damaged
files, produce a correct file by merging the good parts of two or more
damaged copies, extract data from damaged files, decompress files and
test integrity of files.
lzip compressed data format (.lz). Lziprecover is able to repair
slightly damaged files, produce a correct file by merging the good parts
of two or more damaged copies, extract data from damaged files,
decompress files and test integrity of files.
Lziprecover provides random access to the data in multimember files; it
only decompresses the members containing the desired data.
Lziprecover is not a replacement for regular backups, but a last line of
defense for the case where the backups are also damaged.
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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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the help of lziprecover, losing an entire archive just because of a
corrupt byte near the beginning is a thing of the past.
For compressible data, multiple lzip-compressed copies have a better
chance of surviving intact than one uncompressed copy using the same
amount of storage space.
Lziprecover is able to recover or decompress files produced by any of
the compressors in the lzip family; lzip, plzip, minilzip/lzlib, clzip
and pdlzip.
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recoverable data in all members of the file can be extracted in one step
with the '-D' option.
Lziprecover provides random access to the data in multimember files; it
only decompresses the members containing the desired data.
Lziprecover can print correct total file sizes and ratios even for
multimember files.
When recovering data, lziprecover takes as arguments the names of the
damaged files and writes zero or more recovered files depending on the
operation selected and whether the recovery succeeded or not. The
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lziprecover source directory to build it. Then try 'unzcrash --help'.
Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
Copyright (C) 2009-2017 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
This file is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy,
distribute and modify it.