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| -rw-r--r-- | src/xz/xz.1 | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/xz/xz.1 b/src/xz/xz.1 index b8115624..94aa562e 100644 --- a/src/xz/xz.1 +++ b/src/xz/xz.1 @@ -336,6 +336,17 @@ Write the compressed or decompressed data to standard output instead of a file. This implies .BR \-\-keep . .TP +.B \-\-no\-sparse +Disable creation of sparse files. By default, if decompressing into +a regular file, +.B xz +tries to make the file sparse if the decompressed data contains long +sequences of binary zeros. It works also when writing to standard output +as long as standard output is connected to a regular file, and certain +additional conditions are met to make it safe. Creating sparse files may +save disk space and speed up the decompression by reducing the amount of +disk I/O. +.TP \fB\-S\fR \fI.suf\fR, \fB\-\-suffix=\fI.suf When compressing, use .I .suf |