lzip

Langue: en

Version: April 2010 (ubuntu - 24/10/10)

Section: 1 (Commandes utilisateur)

NAME

Lzip - data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm

SYNOPSIS

lzip [options] [files]

DESCRIPTION

Lzip - A data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm.

OPTIONS

-h, --help
display this help and exit
-V, --version
output version information and exit
-b, --member-size=<n>
set member size limit in bytes
-c, --stdout
send output to standard output
-d, --decompress
decompress
-f, --force
overwrite existing output files
-k, --keep
keep (don't delete) input files
-m, --match-length=<n>
set match length limit in bytes [80]
-o, --output=<file>
if reading stdin, place the output into <file>
-q, --quiet
suppress all messages
-s, --dictionary-size=<n>
set dictionary size limit in bytes [8MiB]
-S, --volume-size=<n>
set volume size limit in bytes
-t, --test
test compressed file integrity
-v, --verbose
be verbose (a 2nd -v gives more)
-1 .. -9
set compression level [default 6]
--fast
alias for -1
--best
alias for -9

If no file names are given, lzip compresses or decompresses from standard input to standard output. Numbers may be followed by a multiplier: k = kB = 10^3 = 1000, Ki = KiB = 2^10 = 1024, M = 10^6, Mi = 2^20, G = 10^9, Gi = 2^30, etc...

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to lzip-bug@nongnu.org
Lzip home page: http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip.html Copyright © 2010 Antonio Diaz Diaz. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for Lzip is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and Lzip programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info Lzip

should give you access to the complete manual.