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author | Julian Seward <jseward@acm.org> | 2005-02-15 22:13:13 +0100 |
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committer | Julian Seward <jseward@acm.org> | 2005-02-15 22:13:13 +0100 |
commit | 4d540bfc95a4b0eefc1d1f388ec33534aaeb3a2f (patch) | |
tree | 3b7e9c650b4c61d114e1716c4698e40d5c8d7ef7 /bzip2.1 | |
parent | 099d844292f60f9d58914da29e5773204dc55e7a (diff) | |
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ | |||
1 | .PU | 1 | .PU |
2 | .TH bzip2 1 | 2 | .TH bzip2 1 |
3 | .SH NAME | 3 | .SH NAME |
4 | bzip2, bunzip2 \- a block-sorting file compressor, v1.0.2 | 4 | bzip2, bunzip2 \- a block-sorting file compressor, v1.0.3 |
5 | .br | 5 | .br |
6 | bzcat \- decompresses files to stdout | 6 | bzcat \- decompresses files to stdout |
7 | .br | 7 | .br |
@@ -405,19 +405,19 @@ I/O error messages are not as helpful as they could be. | |||
405 | tries hard to detect I/O errors and exit cleanly, but the details of | 405 | tries hard to detect I/O errors and exit cleanly, but the details of |
406 | what the problem is sometimes seem rather misleading. | 406 | what the problem is sometimes seem rather misleading. |
407 | 407 | ||
408 | This manual page pertains to version 1.0.2 of | 408 | This manual page pertains to version 1.0.3 of |
409 | .I bzip2. | 409 | .I bzip2. |
410 | Compressed data created by this version is entirely forwards and | 410 | Compressed data created by this version is entirely forwards and |
411 | backwards compatible with the previous public releases, versions | 411 | backwards compatible with the previous public releases, versions |
412 | 0.1pl2, 0.9.0, 0.9.5, 1.0.0 and 1.0.1, but with the following | 412 | 0.1pl2, 0.9.0, 0.9.5, 1.0.0, 1.0.1 and 1.0.2, but with the following |
413 | exception: 0.9.0 and above can correctly decompress multiple | 413 | exception: 0.9.0 and above can correctly decompress multiple |
414 | concatenated compressed files. 0.1pl2 cannot do this; it will stop | 414 | concatenated compressed files. 0.1pl2 cannot do this; it will stop |
415 | after decompressing just the first file in the stream. | 415 | after decompressing just the first file in the stream. |
416 | 416 | ||
417 | .I bzip2recover | 417 | .I bzip2recover |
418 | versions prior to this one, 1.0.2, used 32-bit integers to represent | 418 | versions prior to 1.0.2 used 32-bit integers to represent |
419 | bit positions in compressed files, so it could not handle compressed | 419 | bit positions in compressed files, so they could not handle compressed |
420 | files more than 512 megabytes long. Version 1.0.2 and above uses | 420 | files more than 512 megabytes long. Versions 1.0.2 and above use |
421 | 64-bit ints on some platforms which support them (GNU supported | 421 | 64-bit ints on some platforms which support them (GNU supported |
422 | targets, and Windows). To establish whether or not bzip2recover was | 422 | targets, and Windows). To establish whether or not bzip2recover was |
423 | built with such a limitation, run it without arguments. In any event | 423 | built with such a limitation, run it without arguments. In any event |
@@ -427,9 +427,9 @@ with MaybeUInt64 set to be an unsigned 64-bit integer. | |||
427 | 427 | ||
428 | 428 | ||
429 | .SH AUTHOR | 429 | .SH AUTHOR |
430 | Julian Seward, jseward@acm.org. | 430 | Julian Seward, jsewardbzip.org. |
431 | 431 | ||
432 | http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2 | 432 | http://www.bzip.org |
433 | 433 | ||
434 | The ideas embodied in | 434 | The ideas embodied in |
435 | .I bzip2 | 435 | .I bzip2 |
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@ source distribution for pointers to sources of documentation. Christian | |||
447 | von Roques encouraged me to look for faster sorting algorithms, so as to | 447 | von Roques encouraged me to look for faster sorting algorithms, so as to |
448 | speed up compression. Bela Lubkin encouraged me to improve the | 448 | speed up compression. Bela Lubkin encouraged me to improve the |
449 | worst-case compression performance. | 449 | worst-case compression performance. |
450 | Donna Robinson XMLised the documentation. | ||
450 | The bz* scripts are derived from those of GNU gzip. | 451 | The bz* scripts are derived from those of GNU gzip. |
451 | Many people sent patches, helped | 452 | Many people sent patches, helped |
452 | with portability problems, lent machines, gave advice and were generally | 453 | with portability problems, lent machines, gave advice and were generally |