Provided by: pdlzip_1.9-1_amd64 
NAME
pdlzip - reduces the size of files
SYNOPSIS
pdlzip [options] [files]
DESCRIPTION
Pdlzip - A permissively licensed implementation of the lzip data compressor also able to decompress
legacy lzma-alone (.lzma) files.
Lzma-alone is a very bad format; it is essentially a raw LZMA stream. If you keep any lzma-alone files,
it is advisable to recompress them to lzip format. Lziprecover can convert some lzma-alone files to lzip
format without recompressing.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
display this help and exit
-V, --version
output version information and exit
-a, --trailing-error
exit with error status if trailing data
-c, --stdout
write to standard output, keep input files
-d, --decompress
decompress
-f, --force
overwrite existing output files
-F, --recompress
force re-compression of compressed files
-k, --keep
keep (don't delete) input files
-m, --match-length=<bytes>
set match length limit in bytes [36]
-o, --output=<file>
if reading standard input, write to <file>
-q, --quiet
suppress all messages
-s, --dictionary-size=<bytes>
set dictionary size limit in bytes [8 MiB]
-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
--loose-trailing
allow trailing data seeming corrupt header
If no file names are given, or if a file is '-', pdlzip 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... Dictionary sizes 12 to 27 are interpreted as powers of
two, meaning 2^12 to 2^27 bytes.
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 --dictionary-size and --match-length
options directly to achieve optimal performance. For example, -9m64 usually compresses executables more
(and faster) than -9.
Exit status: 0 for a normal exit, 1 for environmental problems (file not found, invalid flags, I/O
errors, etc), 2 to indicate a corrupt or invalid input file, 3 for an internal consistency error (eg,
bug) which caused pdlzip to panic.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to lzip-bug@nongnu.org Pdlzip home page: http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/pdlzip.html
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2018 Antonio Diaz Diaz. Public Domain 2009 Igor Pavlov. License 2-clause BSD.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by law.