LZIP(1)
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
Copyright (C) 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.