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| -rw-r--r-- | src/xz/xz.1 | 46 |
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diff --git a/src/xz/xz.1 b/src/xz/xz.1 index e11f4ac2..5e11a332 100644 --- a/src/xz/xz.1 +++ b/src/xz/xz.1 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ .\" This file has been put into the public domain. .\" You can do whatever you want with this file. .\" -.TH XZ 1 "2022-11-07" "Tukaani" "XZ Utils" +.TH XZ 1 "2022-11-09" "Tukaani" "XZ Utils" . .SH NAME xz, unxz, xzcat, lzma, unlzma, lzcat \- Compress or decompress .xz and .lzma files @@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ format, but the legacy format used by LZMA Utils and raw compressed streams with no container format headers are also supported. +In addition, decompression of the +.B .lz +format used by +.B lzip +is supported. .PP .B xz compresses or decompresses each @@ -102,9 +107,10 @@ or is appended to the source filename to get the target filename. .IP \(bu 3 When decompressing, the -.B .xz +.BR .xz , +.BR .lzma , or -.B .lzma +.B .lz suffix is removed from the filename to get the target filename. .B xz also recognizes the suffixes @@ -158,8 +164,9 @@ doesn't have a suffix of any of the supported file formats .RB ( .xz , .BR .txz , .BR .lzma , +.BR .tlz , or -.BR .tlz ). +.BR .lz ). .PP After successfully compressing or decompressing the .IR file , @@ -507,8 +514,9 @@ in addition to files with the .BR .xz , .BR .txz , .BR .lzma , +.BR .tlz , or -.B .tlz +.B .lz suffix. If the source file has the suffix .IR .suf , @@ -575,6 +583,34 @@ The alternative name .B alone is provided for backwards compatibility with LZMA Utils. .TP +.B lzip +Accept only +.B .lz +files when decompressing. +Compression is not supported. +.IP "" +The +.B .lz +format version 0 and the unextended version 1 are supported. +Version 0 files were produced by +.B lzip +1.3 and older. +Such files aren't common but may be found from file archives +as a few source packages were released in this format. +People might have old personal files in this format too. +Decompression support for the format version 0 was removed in +.B lzip +1.18. +.IP "" +.B lzip +1.4 and later create files in the format version 1. +The sync flush marker extension to the format version 1 was added in +.B lzip +1.6. +This extension is rarely used and isn't supported by +.B xz +(diagnosed as corrupt input). +.TP .B raw Compress or uncompress a raw stream (no headers). This is meant for advanced users only. |