NAME

       pdlzip - reduces the size of files

SYNOPSIS

       pdlzip [options] [files]

DESCRIPTION

       Pdlzip  - A "public domain" version of the lzip data compressor also able to decompress legacy lzma-alone
       (.lzma) files.  Lzma-alone is a very bad format. If you keep any lzma-alone files,  it  is  advisable  to
       recompress them to lzip format.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              display this help and exit

       -V, --version
              output version information and exit

       -c, --stdout
              send output to standard output

       -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 stdin, place the output into <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

       If  no  file  names  are given, 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...  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
       --match-length  and --dictionary-size 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 © 2015 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.

pdlzip 1.6                                          May 2015                                           PDLZIP(1)