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@finalout
@c %**end of header
@set UPDATED 17 January 2010
@set VERSION 0.2
@set UPDATED 24 January 2010
@set VERSION 0.3
@dircategory Data Compression
@direntry
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@chapter Introduction
@cindex introduction
Plzip is a parallel version of the lzip data compressor. Currently only
compression is performed in parallel. Parallel decompression is planned
to be implemented later.
Plzip is a parallel version of the lzip data compressor. 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. Currently only compression is performed in
parallel. Parallel decompression is planned to be implemented later.
Lzip is a lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm, with
very safe integrity checking and a user interface similar to the one of
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@itemx -V
Print the version number of plzip on the standard output and exit.
@item --data-size=@var{size}
@itemx -B
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 100kB to 1GiB. Default value is two times the dictionary
size. It is a waste of memory to choose a data size smaller than the
dictionary size.
@item --stdout
@itemx -c
Compress or decompress to standard output. Needed when reading from a