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author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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date | Fri Jul 01 10:04:47 2022 +0100 (2022-07-01) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/lzip/description.txt Fri Jul 01 10:04:47 2022 +0100 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ 1.4 +Lzip is a lossless data compressor with a user interface similar 1.5 +to the one of gzip or bzip2. 1.6 +Lzip uses a simplified form of the 'Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain-Algorithm' 1.7 +(LZMA) stream format, chosen to maximize safety and interoperability. 1.8 +Lzip can compress about as fast as gzip (lzip -0) or compress most 1.9 +files more than bzip2 (lzip -9). 1.10 +Decompression speed is intermediate between gzip and bzip2. 1.11 +Lzip is better than gzip and bzip2 from a data recovery perspective. 1.12 +Lzip has been designed, written, and tested with great care to replace 1.13 +gzip and bzip2 as the standard general-purpose compressed format 1.14 +for unix-like systems.