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-rw-r--r--src/xz/args.c8
-rw-r--r--src/xz/message.c30
-rw-r--r--src/xz/message.h5
3 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/xz/args.c b/src/xz/args.c
index 6ae3c96f..7af3e850 100644
--- a/src/xz/args.c
+++ b/src/xz/args.c
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ parse_real(args_info *args, int argc, char **argv)
OPT_FILTERS7,
OPT_FILTERS8,
OPT_FILTERS9,
+ OPT_FILTERS_HELP,
OPT_X86,
OPT_POWERPC,
@@ -261,6 +262,7 @@ parse_real(args_info *args, int argc, char **argv)
{ "filters7", optional_argument, NULL, OPT_FILTERS7},
{ "filters8", optional_argument, NULL, OPT_FILTERS8},
{ "filters9", optional_argument, NULL, OPT_FILTERS9},
+ { "filters-help", optional_argument, NULL, OPT_FILTERS_HELP},
{ "lzma1", optional_argument, NULL, OPT_LZMA1 },
{ "lzma2", optional_argument, NULL, OPT_LZMA2 },
@@ -447,6 +449,12 @@ parse_real(args_info *args, int argc, char **argv)
(size_t)(c - OPT_FILTERS));
break;
+ // --filters-help
+ case OPT_FILTERS_HELP:
+ // This doesn't return.
+ message_filters_help();
+ break;
+
case OPT_X86:
coder_add_filter(LZMA_FILTER_X86,
options_bcj(optarg));
diff --git a/src/xz/message.c b/src/xz/message.c
index b28bb63c..a888d29e 100644
--- a/src/xz/message.c
+++ b/src/xz/message.c
@@ -1071,6 +1071,11 @@ message_help(bool long_help)
" string syntax to use with --block-list"
));
+ puts(_(
+" --filters-help display more information about the liblzma filter string\n"
+" syntax and exit."
+ ));
+
#if defined(HAVE_ENCODER_LZMA1) || defined(HAVE_DECODER_LZMA1) \
|| defined(HAVE_ENCODER_LZMA2) || defined(HAVE_DECODER_LZMA2)
// TRANSLATORS: The word "literal" in "literal context bits"
@@ -1158,3 +1163,28 @@ message_help(bool long_help)
tuklib_exit(E_SUCCESS, E_ERROR, verbosity != V_SILENT);
}
+
+
+extern void
+message_filters_help(void)
+{
+ char *encoder_options;
+ if (lzma_str_list_filters(&encoder_options, LZMA_VLI_UNKNOWN,
+ LZMA_STR_ENCODER, NULL) != LZMA_OK)
+ message_bug();
+
+ if (!opt_robot) {
+ puts(_(
+"Filter chains are set using the --filters=FILTERS or\n"
+"--filters1=FILTERS ... --filters9=FILTERS options. Each filter in the chain\n"
+"can be separated by spaces or `--'. Alternatively a preset <0-9>[e] can be\n"
+"specified instead of a filter chain.\n"
+ ));
+
+ puts(_("The supported filters and their options are:"));
+ }
+
+ puts(encoder_options);
+
+ tuklib_exit(E_SUCCESS, E_ERROR, verbosity != V_SILENT);
+}
diff --git a/src/xz/message.h b/src/xz/message.h
index b264f821..21771eb4 100644
--- a/src/xz/message.h
+++ b/src/xz/message.h
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ extern void message_version(void) lzma_attribute((__noreturn__));
extern void message_help(bool long_help) lzma_attribute((__noreturn__));
+/// Prints a help message specifically for using the --filters and
+/// --filtersX command line options.
+extern void message_filters_help(void);
+
+
/// \brief Set the total number of files to be processed
///
/// Standard input is counted as a file here. This is used when printing