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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.37.1.
.TH PLZIP "1" "March 2010" "Plzip 0.6" "User Commands"
.TH PLZIP "1" "December 2010" "Plzip 0.7" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
Plzip \- data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm
Plzip \- reduces the size of files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B plzip
[\fIoptions\fR] [\fIfiles\fR]
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keep (don't delete) input files
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-match\-length=\fR<n>
set match length limit in bytes [80]
set match length limit in bytes [36]
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-threads=\fR<n>
set the number of (de)compression threads
@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Plzip home page: http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/plzip.html
Copyright \(co 2009 Laszlo Ersek.
.br
Copyright \(co 2010 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
Using Lzlib 1.0\-rc1
Using Lzlib 1.1\-rc1
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.

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Plzip Manual
************
This manual is for Plzip (version 0.6, 20 March 2010).
This manual is for Plzip (version 0.7, 3 December 2010).
* Menu:
* Introduction:: Purpose and features of plzip
* Invoking Plzip:: Command line interface
* Program Design:: Internal structure of plzip
* File Format:: Detailed format of the compressed file
* Problems:: Reporting bugs
* Concept Index:: Index of concepts
* Introduction:: Purpose and features of plzip
* Invoking Plzip:: Command line interface
* Program Design:: Internal structure of plzip
* File Format:: Detailed format of the compressed file
* Problems:: Reporting bugs
* Concept Index:: Index of concepts
Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
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**************
Plzip is a massively parallel (multi-threaded), lossless data compressor
based on the LZMA algorithm, with very safe integrity checking and a
user interface similar to the one of gzip or bzip2. Plzip uses the lzip
file format; the files produced by plzip are fully compatible with
lzip-1.4 or newer.
based on the lzlib compression library, with very safe integrity
checking and a user interface similar to the one of bzip2, gzip or lzip.
Plzip uses the lzip file format; 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, which makes it specially well suited for
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Plzip supports the following options:
`--help'
`-h'
`--help'
Print an informative help message describing the options and exit.
`--version'
`-V'
`--version'
Print the version number of plzip on the standard output and exit.
`--data-size=SIZE'
`-B'
`--data-size=SIZE'
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 8KiB to 1GiB. Default value is two times
the dictionary size. Plzip will reduce the dictionary size if it
is larger than the chosen data size.
`--stdout'
`-c'
`--stdout'
Compress or decompress to standard output. Needed when reading
from a named pipe (fifo) or from a device.
`--decompress'
`-d'
`--decompress'
Decompress.
`--force'
`-f'
`--force'
Force overwrite of output file.
`--keep'
`-k'
`--keep'
Keep (don't delete) input files during compression or
decompression.
`--match-length=LENGTH'
`-m LENGTH'
`--match-length=LENGTH'
Set the match length limit in bytes. Valid values range from 5 to
273. Larger values usually give better compression ratios but
longer compression times.
`--threads=THREADS'
`-n THREADS'
`--threads=THREADS'
Set the number of worker threads. Valid values range from 1 to "as
many as your system can support". If this option is not used,
plzip tries to detect the number of processors in the system and
use it as default value.
`--output=FILE'
`-o FILE'
`--output=FILE'
When reading from standard input and `--stdout' has not been
specified, use `FILE' as the virtual name of the uncompressed
file. This produces a file named `FILE' when decompressing, and a
file named `FILE.lz' when compressing.
`--quiet'
`-q'
`--quiet'
Quiet operation. Suppress all messages.
`--dictionary-size=SIZE'
`-s SIZE'
`--dictionary-size=SIZE'
Set the dictionary size limit in bytes. Valid values range from
4KiB to 512MiB. Note that dictionary sizes are quantized. If the
specified size does not match one of the valid sizes, it will be
rounded upwards.
`--test'
`-t'
`--test'
Check integrity of the specified file(s), but don't decompress
them. This really performs a trial decompression and throws away
the result. Use `-tvv' or `-tvvv' to see information about the
file.
`--verbose'
`-v'
`--verbose'
Verbose mode. Show the compression ratio for each file processed.
Further -v's increase the verbosity level.
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limit) as shown in the table below. Note that `-9' can be much
slower than `-1'. These options have no effect when decompressing.
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 `--match-length' and
`--dictionary-size' options directly to achieve optimal
performance.
Level Dictionary size Match length limit
-1 1 MiB 10 bytes
-2 1.5 MiB 12 bytes
-3 2 MiB 17 bytes
-4 3 MiB 26 bytes
-5 4 MiB 44 bytes
-6 8 MiB 80 bytes
-7 16 MiB 108 bytes
-8 24 MiB 163 bytes
-1 1 MiB 5 bytes
-2 1.5 MiB 6 bytes
-3 2 MiB 8 bytes
-4 3 MiB 12 bytes
-5 4 MiB 20 bytes
-6 8 MiB 36 bytes
-7 16 MiB 68 bytes
-8 24 MiB 132 bytes
-9 32 MiB 273 bytes
`--fast'
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Tag Table:
Node: Top223
Node: Introduction791
Node: Invoking Plzip3533
Node: Program Design7499
Node: File Format8161
Node: Problems10117
Node: Concept Index10646
Node: Introduction833
Node: Invoking Plzip3592
Node: Program Design7840
Node: File Format8502
Node: Problems10458
Node: Concept Index10987

End Tag Table

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@finalout
@c %**end of header
@set UPDATED 20 March 2010
@set VERSION 0.6
@set UPDATED 3 December 2010
@set VERSION 0.7
@dircategory Data Compression
@direntry
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@end direntry
@ifnothtml
@titlepage
@title Plzip
@subtitle A data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm
@subtitle Parallel compressor compatible with lzip
@subtitle for Plzip version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}
@author by Antonio Diaz Diaz
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@end titlepage
@contents
@end ifnothtml
@node Top
@top
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This manual is for Plzip (version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}).
@menu
* Introduction:: Purpose and features of plzip
* Invoking Plzip:: Command line interface
* Program Design:: Internal structure of plzip
* File Format:: Detailed format of the compressed file
* Problems:: Reporting bugs
* Concept Index:: Index of concepts
* Introduction:: Purpose and features of plzip
* Invoking Plzip:: Command line interface
* Program Design:: Internal structure of plzip
* File Format:: Detailed format of the compressed file
* Problems:: Reporting bugs
* Concept Index:: Index of concepts
@end menu
@sp 1
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@cindex introduction
Plzip is a massively parallel (multi-threaded), lossless data compressor
based on the LZMA algorithm, with very safe integrity checking and a
user interface similar to the one of gzip or bzip2. Plzip uses the lzip
file format; the files produced by plzip are fully compatible with
lzip-1.4 or newer.
based on the lzlib compression library, with very safe integrity
checking and a user interface similar to the one of bzip2, gzip or lzip.
Plzip uses the lzip file format; 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, which makes it specially well suited for
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Plzip supports the following options:
@table @samp
@item --help
@itemx -h
@item -h
@itemx --help
Print an informative help message describing the options and exit.
@item --version
@itemx -V
@item -V
@itemx --version
Print the version number of plzip on the standard output and exit.
@item --data-size=@var{size}
@itemx -B
@item -B
@itemx --data-size=@var{size}
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 8KiB to 1GiB. Default value is two times the dictionary size.
Plzip will reduce the dictionary size if it is larger than the chosen
data size.
@item --stdout
@itemx -c
@item -c
@itemx --stdout
Compress or decompress to standard output. Needed when reading from a
named pipe (fifo) or from a device.
@item --decompress
@itemx -d
@item -d
@itemx --decompress
Decompress.
@item --force
@itemx -f
@item -f
@itemx --force
Force overwrite of output file.
@item --keep
@itemx -k
@item -k
@itemx --keep
Keep (don't delete) input files during compression or decompression.
@item --match-length=@var{length}
@itemx -m @var{length}
@item -m @var{length}
@itemx --match-length=@var{length}
Set the match length limit in bytes. Valid values range from 5 to 273.
Larger values usually give better compression ratios but longer
compression times.
@item --threads=@var{threads}
@itemx -n @var{threads}
@item -n @var{threads}
@itemx --threads=@var{threads}
Set the number of worker threads. Valid values range from 1 to "as many
as your system can support". If this option is not used, plzip tries to
detect the number of processors in the system and use it as default
value.
@item --output=@var{file}
@itemx -o @var{file}
@item -o @var{file}
@itemx --output=@var{file}
When reading from standard input and @samp{--stdout} has not been
specified, use @samp{@var{file}} as the virtual name of the uncompressed
file. This produces a file named @samp{@var{file}} when decompressing,
and a file named @samp{@var{file}.lz} when compressing.
@item --quiet
@itemx -q
@item -q
@itemx --quiet
Quiet operation. Suppress all messages.
@item --dictionary-size=@var{size}
@itemx -s @var{size}
@item -s @var{size}
@itemx --dictionary-size=@var{size}
Set the dictionary size limit in bytes. Valid values range from 4KiB to
512MiB. Note that dictionary sizes are quantized. If the specified size
does not match one of the valid sizes, it will be rounded upwards.
@item --test
@itemx -t
@item -t
@itemx --test
Check integrity of the specified file(s), but don't decompress them.
This really performs a trial decompression and throws away the result.
Use @samp{-tvv} or @samp{-tvvv} to see information about the file.
@item --verbose
@itemx -v
@item -v
@itemx --verbose
Verbose mode. Show the compression ratio for each file processed.
Further -v's increase the verbosity level.
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as shown in the table below. Note that @samp{-9} can be much slower than
@samp{-1}. These options have no effect when decompressing.
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 @samp{--match-length} and
@samp{--dictionary-size} options directly to achieve optimal
performance.
@multitable {Level} {Dictionary size} {Match length limit}
@item Level @tab Dictionary size @tab Match length limit
@item -1 @tab 1 MiB @tab 10 bytes
@item -2 @tab 1.5 MiB @tab 12 bytes
@item -3 @tab 2 MiB @tab 17 bytes
@item -4 @tab 3 MiB @tab 26 bytes
@item -5 @tab 4 MiB @tab 44 bytes
@item -6 @tab 8 MiB @tab 80 bytes
@item -7 @tab 16 MiB @tab 108 bytes
@item -8 @tab 24 MiB @tab 163 bytes
@item -1 @tab 1 MiB @tab 5 bytes
@item -2 @tab 1.5 MiB @tab 6 bytes
@item -3 @tab 2 MiB @tab 8 bytes
@item -4 @tab 3 MiB @tab 12 bytes
@item -5 @tab 4 MiB @tab 20 bytes
@item -6 @tab 8 MiB @tab 36 bytes
@item -7 @tab 16 MiB @tab 68 bytes
@item -8 @tab 24 MiB @tab 132 bytes
@item -9 @tab 32 MiB @tab 273 bytes
@end multitable