jammy (1) plzip.1.gz
NAME
plzip - reduces the size of files
SYNOPSIS
plzip [options] [files]
DESCRIPTION
Plzip is a massively parallel (multi-threaded) implementation of lzip, fully compatible with lzip 1.4 or
newer. Plzip uses the compression library lzlib.
Lzip is a lossless data compressor with a user interface similar to the one of gzip or bzip2. Lzip uses a
simplified form of the 'Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain-Algorithm' (LZMA) stream format and provides a 3 factor
integrity checking to maximize interoperability and optimize safety. Lzip can compress about as fast as
gzip (lzip -0) or compress most files more than bzip2 (lzip -9). Decompression speed is intermediate
between gzip and bzip2. Lzip is better than gzip and bzip2 from a data recovery perspective. Lzip has
been designed, written, and tested with great care to replace gzip and bzip2 as the standard
general-purpose compressed format for unix-like systems.
Plzip can compress/decompress large files on multiprocessor machines much faster than lzip, at the cost
of a slightly reduced compression ratio (0.4 to 2 percent larger compressed files). Note that the number
of usable threads is limited by file size; on files larger than a few GB plzip can use hundreds of
processors, but on files of only a few MB plzip is no faster than lzip.
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
-B, --data-size=<bytes>
set size of input data blocks [2x8=16 MiB]
-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
-l, --list
print (un)compressed file sizes
-m, --match-length=<bytes>
set match length limit in bytes [36]
-n, --threads=<n>
set number of (de)compression threads [2]
-o, --output=<file>
write to <file>, keep input files
-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)
-0 .. -9
set compression level [default 6]
--fast alias for -0
--best alias for -9
--loose-trailing
allow trailing data seeming corrupt header
--in-slots=<n>
number of 1 MiB input packets buffered [4]
--out-slots=<n>
number of 1 MiB output packets buffered [64]
--check-lib
compare version of lzlib.h with liblz.{a,so}
If no file names are given, or if a file is '-', plzip 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 29 are interpreted as powers of
two, meaning 2^12 to 2^29 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 options --dictionary-size and
--match-length directly to achieve optimal performance.
To extract all the files from archive 'foo.tar.lz', use the commands 'tar -xf foo.tar.lz' or 'plzip -cd
foo.tar.lz | tar -xf -'.
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 (e.g.,
bug) which caused plzip to panic.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to lzip-bug@nongnu.org Plzip home page: http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/plzip.html
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2009 Laszlo Ersek.
Copyright © 2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz. Using lzlib 1.13 License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 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 plzip is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and plzip programs are
properly installed at your site, the command
info plzip
should give you access to the complete manual.