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.IX Title "LZOP 1"
.TH LZOP 1 "2003-04-27" "lzop 1.01" " "
.SH "NAME"
lzop \- compress or expand files
.SH "ABSTRACT"
.IX Header "ABSTRACT"
\&\fBlzop\fR is a file compressor very similar to \fBgzip\fR.
\&\fBlzop\fR favors speed over compression ratio.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
\&\fBlzop\fR [\ \fIcommand\fR\ ] [\ \fIoptions\fR\ ] [\ \fIfilename\fR\ ...\ ]
.PP
\&\fBlzop\fR [\fB\-dxlthIVL19\fR] [\fB\-qvcfFnNkU\fR]
[\fB\-o\fR\ \fIfile\fR] [\fB\-p\fR[\fIpath\fR]] [\fB\-S\fR\ \fIsuffix\fR]
[\fIfilename\fR\ ...]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
\&\fBlzop\fR reduces the size of the named files. Whenever possible,
each file is compressed into one with the extension
\&\fB.lzo\fR, while keeping the same ownership modes, access and
modification times. If no files are specified, or if a
file name is \*(L"\-\*(R", lzop tries to compress the standard
input to the standard output. lzop will only attempt to
compress regular files or symbolic links to regular files.
In particular, it will ignore directories.
.PP
If the compressed file name is too long for its file system,
\&\fBlzop\fR truncates it.
.PP
Compressed files can be restored to their original form
using \fBlzop\ \-d\fR.
\&\fBlzop\ \-d\fR takes a list of files on its command line and
decompresses each file whose name ends with \fB.lzo\fR and which
begins with the correct magic number to an uncompressed
file without the original extension. \fBlzop\ \-d\fR also recognizes
the special extension \fB.tzo\fR as shorthand for \fB.tar.lzo\fR.
When compressing, lzop uses the \fB.tzo\fR extension if necessary
instead of truncating a file with a \fB.tar\fR extension.
.PP
\&\fBlzop\fR stores the original file name, mode and time stamp
in the compressed file. These can be used when
decompressing the file with the \fB\-d\fR option. This is useful when
the compressed file name was truncated or when the time
stamp was not preserved after a file transfer.
.PP
\&\fBlzop\fR preserves the ownership, mode and time stamp of files
when compressing. When decompressing lzop restores the
mode and time stamp if present in the compressed files.
See the options \fB\-n\fR, \fB\-N\fR, \fB\-\-no\-mode\fR and \fB\-\-no\-time\fR
for more information.
.PP
\&\fBlzop\fR always keeps original files unchanged unless
you use the option \fB\-U\fR.
.PP
\&\fBlzop\fR uses the \fI\s-1LZO\s0 data compression library\fR for compression
services. The amount of compression obtained depends on
the size of the input and the distribution of common substrings.
Typically, text such as source code or English
is compressed into 40\-50% of the original size, and large files usually
compress much better than small ones. Compression and decompression speed
is generally much faster than that achieved by \fBgzip\fR, but
compression ratio is worse.
.Sh "\s-1COMPRESSION\s0 \s-1LEVELS\s0"
.IX Subsection "COMPRESSION LEVELS"
lzop offers the following compression levels of the
\&\s-1LZO1X\s0 algorithm:
.IP "\-3" 4
.IX Item "-3"
the default level offers pretty fast compression.
\&\-2, \-3, \-4, \-5 and \-6 are currently all equivalent \- this
may change in a future release.
.IP "\-1, \-\-fast" 4
.IX Item "-1, --fast"
can be even a little bit faster in some cases \- but
most times you won't notice the difference
.IP "\-7, \-8, \-9, \-\-best" 4
.IX Item "-7, -8, -9, --best"
these compression levels are mainly intended for generating
pre-compressed data \- especially \fB\-9\fR can be somewhat slow
.PP
Decompression is \fIvery\fR fast for all compression levels,
and decompression speed is not affected by the compression
level.
.SH "MAIN COMMAND"
.IX Header "MAIN COMMAND"
If no other command is given then lzop defaults to compression
(using compression level \-3).
.IP "\-#, \-\-fast, \-\-best" 4
.IX Item "-#, --fast, --best"
Regulate the speed of compression using the specified
digit \fB#\fR, where \-1 or \-\-fast indicates the
fastest compression method (less compression) and
\&\-9 or \-\-best indicates the slowest compression
method (best compression). The default compression
level is \-3.
.IP "\-d, \-\-decompress, \-\-uncompress" 4
.IX Item "-d, --decompress, --uncompress"
Decompress. Each file will be placed into
same the directory as the compressed file.
.IP "\-x, \-\-extract" 4
.IX Item "-x, --extract"
Extract compressed files to the current working
directory. This is the same as `\-dNp'.
.IP "\-t, \-\-test" 4
.IX Item "-t, --test"
Test. Check the compressed file integrity.
.IP "\-l, \-\-list" 4
.IX Item "-l, --list"
For each compressed file, list the following
fields:
.Sp
.Vb 5
\&  method: compression method
\&  compressed: size of the compressed file
\&  uncompr.: size of the uncompressed file
\&  ratio: compression ratio
\&  uncompressed_name: name of the uncompressed file
.Ve
.Sp
In combination with the \-\-verbose option, the following
fields are also displayed:
.Sp
.Vb 1
\&  date & time: time stamp for the uncompressed file
.Ve
.Sp
With \-\-name, the uncompressed name, date and time
are those stored within the compress file if present.
.Sp
With \-\-verbose, the size totals and compression
ratio for all files is also displayed. With
\&\-\-quiet, the title and totals lines are not displayed.
.Sp
Note that lzop defines compression ratio
as compressed_size / uncompressed_size.
.IP "\-\-ls, \-\-ls=\fI\s-1FLAGS\s0\fR" 4
.IX Item "--ls, --ls=FLAGS"
List each compressed file in a format similar to \fBls\ \-ln\fR.
.Sp
The following flags are currently honoured:
  F  Append a `*' for executable files.
  G  Inhibit display of group information.
  Q  Enclose file names in double quotes.
.IP "\-\-info" 4
.IX Item "--info"
For each compressed file, list the internal header fields.
.IP "\-I, \-\-sysinfo" 4
.IX Item "-I, --sysinfo"
Display information about the system and quit.
.IP "\-L, \-\-license" 4
.IX Item "-L, --license"
Display the lzop license and quit.
.IP "\-h, \-H, \-\-help" 4
.IX Item "-h, -H, --help"
Display a help screen and quit.
.IP "\-V" 4
.IX Item "-V"
Version. Display the version number and compilation
options and quit.
.IP "\-\-version" 4
.IX Item "--version"
Version. Display the version number and quit.
.PP
Commands are listed in increasing priority here, i.e.
\&\fB\-t\fR has priority over \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-l\fR over \fB\-t\fR, and so on.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.IX Header "OPTIONS"
.IP "\-c, \-\-stdout, \-\-to\-stdout" 4
.IX Item "-c, --stdout, --to-stdout"
Write output on standard output. If there are several
input files, the output consists of a sequence
of independently (de)compressed members. To obtain
better compression, concatenate all input files
before compressing them.
.IP "\-o \fI\s-1FILE\s0\fR, \-\-output=\fI\s-1FILE\s0\fR" 4
.IX Item "-o FILE, --output=FILE"
Write output to the file \fI\s-1FILE\s0\fR. If there are several
input files, the output consists of a sequence
of independently (de)compressed members.
.IP "\-p, \-p\fI\s-1DIR\s0\fR, \-\-path=\fI\s-1DIR\s0\fR" 4
.IX Item "-p, -pDIR, --path=DIR"
Write output files into the directory \fI\s-1DIR\s0\fR instead
of the directory determined by the input file. If
\&\fI\s-1DIR\s0\fR is omitted, then write to the current working
directory.
.IP "\-f, \-\-force" 4
.IX Item "-f, --force"
Force lzop to
.Sp
.Vb 4
\& - overwrite existing files
\& - (de-)compress from stdin even if it seems a terminal
\& - (de-)compress to stdout even if it seems a terminal
\& - allow option -c in combination with -U
.Ve
.Sp
Using \fB\-f\fR two or more times forces things like
.Sp
.Vb 3
\& - compress files that already have a .lzo suffix
\& - try to decompress files that do not have a valid suffix
\& - try to handle compressed files with unknown header flags
.Ve
.Sp
Use with care.
.IP "\-F, \-\-no\-checksum" 4
.IX Item "-F, --no-checksum"
Do not store or verify a checksum of the uncompressed
file when compressing or decompressing.
This speeds up the operation of lzop a little bit (especially
when decompressing), but as unnoticed data corruption can happen
in case of damaged compressed files the usage of this option
is not generally recommended.
Also, a checksum is always stored when
compressing with one of the slow compression levels (\-7, \-8 or \-9),
regardless of this option.
.IP "\-n, \-\-no\-name" 4
.IX Item "-n, --no-name"
When decompressing, do not restore the original
file name if present (remove only the lzop suffix
from the compressed file name). This option is the
default under \s-1UNIX\s0.
.IP "\-N, \-\-name" 4
.IX Item "-N, --name"
When decompressing, restore the original file name
if present. This option is useful on systems which
have a limit on file name length. If the original name saved in
the compressed file is not suitable for its file system, a
new name is constructed from the original one to make it
legal.
This option is the default under \s-1DOS\s0, Windows and \s-1OS/2\s0.
.IP "\-P" 4
.IX Item "-P"
When decompressing, restore the original path and file name if present.
When compressing, store the relative (and cleaned) path name.
This option is mainly useful when using \fBarchive mode\fR \- see
usage examples below.
.IP "\-\-no\-mode" 4
.IX Item "--no-mode"
When decompressing, do not restore the original
mode (permissions) saved in the compressed file.
.IP "\-\-no\-time" 4
.IX Item "--no-time"
When decompressing, do not restore the original
time stamp saved in the compressed file.
.IP "\-S \fI.suf\fR, \-\-suffix=\fI.suf\fR" 4
.IX Item "-S .suf, --suffix=.suf"
Use suffix \fI.suf\fR instead of \fI.lzo\fR. The suffix must
not contain multiple dots and special characters like '+' or '*',
and suffixes other than \fI.lzo\fR should be avoided to avoid confusion
when files are transferred to other systems.
.IP "\-k, \-\-keep" 4
.IX Item "-k, --keep"
Do not delete input files. This is the default.
.IP "\-U, \-\-unlink, \-\-delete" 4
.IX Item "-U, --unlink, --delete"
Delete input files after succesfull compression or
decompression. Use this option to make lzop behave
like \fBgzip\fR and \fBbzip2\fR.
Note that explicitly giving \fB\-k\fR overrides \fB\-U\fR.
.IP "\-\-crc32" 4
.IX Item "--crc32"
Use a crc32 checksum instead of a adler32 checksum.
.IP "\-\-no\-warn" 4
.IX Item "--no-warn"
Suppress all warnings.
.IP "\-\-ignore\-warn" 4
.IX Item "--ignore-warn"
Suppress all warnings, and never exit with exit status 2.
.IP "\-q, \-\-quiet, \-\-silent" 4
.IX Item "-q, --quiet, --silent"
Suppress all warnings and decrease the verbosity of some
commands like \fB\-\-list\fR or \fB\-\-test\fR.
.IP "\-v, \-\-verbose" 4
.IX Item "-v, --verbose"
Verbose. Display the name for each file compressed
or decompressed. Multiple \fB\-v\fR can be used to increase
the verbosity of some commands like \fB\-\-list\fR or \fB\-\-test\fR.
.IP "\-\-" 4
Specifies that this is the end of the options. Any file name
after \fB\-\-\fR will not be interpreted as an option even if
it starts with a hyphen.
.SH "OTHER OPTIONS"
.IX Header "OTHER OPTIONS"
.IP "\-\-no\-stdin" 4
.IX Item "--no-stdin"
Do not try to read standard input (but a file name \*(L"\-\*(R" will
still override this option).
In old versions of \fBlzop\fR, this option was necessary when
used in cron jobs (which do not have a controlling terminal).
.IP "\-\-filter=\fI\s-1NUMBER\s0\fR" 4
.IX Item "--filter=NUMBER"
Rarely useful.
Preprocess data with a special \*(L"multimedia\*(R" filter
before compressing in order to improve compression ratio.
\&\fI\s-1NUMBER\s0\fR must be a decimal number from 1 to 16, inclusive.
Using a filter slows down both compression and decompression
quite a bit, and the compression ratio usually doesn't improve
much either...
More effective filters may be added in the future, though.
.Sp
You can try \-\-filter=1 with data like 8\-bit sound samples,
\&\-\-filter=2 with 16\-bit samples or depth\-16 images, etc.
.Sp
Un-filtering during decompression is handled automatically.
.IP "\-C, \-\-checksum" 4
.IX Item "-C, --checksum"
Deprecated. Only for compatibility with very old versions
as lzop now uses a checksum by default. This option will
get removed in a future release.
.IP "\-\-no\-color" 4
.IX Item "--no-color"
Do not use any color escape sequences.
.IP "\-\-mono" 4
.IX Item "--mono"
Assume a mono \s-1ANSI\s0 terminal. This is the default under \s-1UNIX\s0
(if console support is compiled in).
.IP "\-\-color" 4
.IX Item "--color"
Assume a color \s-1ANSI\s0 terminal or try full-screen access. This
is the default under \s-1DOS\s0 and in a Linux virtual console
(if console support is compiled in).
.SH "ADVANCED USAGE"
.IX Header "ADVANCED USAGE"
lzop allows you to deal with your files in many flexible
ways. Here are some usage examples:
.IP "\fBbackup mode\fR" 1
.IX Item "backup mode"
.Vb 1
\&  tar --use-compress-program=lzop -cf archive.tar.lzo files..
.Ve
.Sp
.Vb 3
\&  This is the recommended mode for creating (possibly huge) backups.
\&  Requires GNU tar or a compatible version which accpets the
\&  `--use-compress-program=XXX' option.
.Ve
.IP "\fBsingle file mode:\fR individually (de)compress each file" 1
.IX Item "single file mode: individually (de)compress each file"
.Vb 5
\& create
\&   lzop a.c             -> create a.c.lzo
\&   lzop a.c b.c         -> create a.c.lzo & b.c.lzo
\&   lzop -U a.c b.c      -> create a.c.lzo & b.c.lzo and delete a.c & b.c
\&   lzop *.c
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.Sp
.Vb 4
\& extract
\&   lzop -d a.c.lzo      -> restore a.c
\&   lzop -df a.c.lzo     -> restore a.c, overwrite if already exists
\&   lzop -d *.lzo
.Ve
.Sp
.Vb 4
\& list
\&   lzop -l a.c.lzo
\&   lzop -l *.lzo
\&   lzop -lv *.lzo       -> be verbose
.Ve
.Sp
.Vb 3
\& test
\&   lzop -t a.c.lzo
\&   lzop -tq *.lzo       -> be quiet
.Ve
.IP "\fBpipe mode:\fR (de)compress from stdin to stdout" 1
.IX Item "pipe mode: (de)compress from stdin to stdout"
.Vb 4
\& create
\&   lzop < a.c > y.lzo
\&   cat a.c | lzop > y.lzo
\&   tar -cf - *.c | lzop > y.tar.lzo     -> create a compressed tar file
.Ve
.Sp
.Vb 4
\& extract
\&   lzop -d < y.lzo > a.c
\&   lzop -d < y.tar.lzo | tar -xvf -     -> extract a tar file
\&   lzop -d < y.tar.lzo | tar -tvf -     -> list a tar file
.Ve
.Sp
.Vb 3
\& list
\&   lzop -l < y.lzo
\&   cat y.lzo | lzop -l
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.Sp
.Vb 3
\& test
\&   lzop -t < y.lzo
\&   cat y.lzo | lzop -t
.Ve
.IP "\fBstdout mode:\fR (de)compress to stdout" 1
.IX Item "stdout mode: (de)compress to stdout"
.Vb 2
\& create
\&   lzop -c a.c > y.lzo
.Ve
.Sp
.Vb 3
\& extract
\&   lzop -dc y.lzo > a.c
\&   lzop -dc y.tar.lzo | tar -tvf -      -> list a tar file
.Ve
.IP "\fBarchive mode:\fR compress/extract multiple files into a single archive file" 1
.IX Item "archive mode: compress/extract multiple files into a single archive file"
.Vb 5
\& create
\&   lzop a.c b.c -o sources.lzo          -> create an archive
\&   lzop -P src/*.c -o sources.lzo       -> create an archive, store path name
\&   lzop -c *.c > sources.lzo            -> another way to create an archive
\&   lzop -c *.h >> sources.lzo           -> add files to archive
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.Sp
.Vb 4
\& extract
\&   lzop -dN sources.lzo
\&   lzop -x ../src/sources.lzo           -> extract to current directory
\&   lzop -x -p/tmp < ../src/sources.lzo  -> extract to /tmp directory
.Ve
.Sp
.Vb 2
\& list
\&   lzop -lNv sources.lzo
.Ve
.Sp
.Vb 3
\& test
\&   lzop -t sources.lzo
\&   lzop -tvv sources.lzo                -> be very verbose
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.PP
If you wish to create a single archive file with multiple
members so that members can later be extracted independently,
you should prefer a full-featured archiver such as
tar. The latest version of \s-1GNU\s0 tar supports the
\&\fB\-\-use\-compress\-program=lzop\fR option to invoke lzop transparently.
lzop is designed as a complement to tar, not as
a replacement.
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
.IX Header "ENVIRONMENT"
The environment variable \fB\s-1LZOP\s0\fR can hold a set of default
options for lzop. These options are interpreted first and
can be overwritten by explicit command line parameters.
For example:
.PP
.Vb 3
\&    for sh/ksh/zsh:    LZOP="-1v --name"; export LZOP
\&    for csh/tcsh:      setenv LZOP "-1v --name"
\&    for DOS:           set LZOP=-1v --name
.Ve
.PP
On Vax/VMS, the name of the environment variable is
\&\s-1LZOP_OPT\s0, to avoid a conflict with the symbol set for
invocation of the program.
.PP
Not all of the options are valid in the environment variable \-
lzop will tell you.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fBbzip2\fR(1), \fBgzip\fR(1), \fBtar\fR(1)
.PP
Precompiled binaries for some platforms are available
from the lzop home page.
.PP
.Vb 1
\&    see http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzop/
.Ve
.PP
lzop uses the \s-1LZO\s0 data compression library for compression
services.
.PP
.Vb 1
\&    see http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/
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.SH "DIAGNOSTICS"
.IX Header "DIAGNOSTICS"
Exit status is normally 0; if an error occurs, exit status
is 1. If a warning occurs, exit status is 2 (unless
option \fB\-\-ignore\-warn\fR is effect).
.PP
\&\fBlzop's\fR diagnostics are intended to be self\-explanatory.
.SH "BUGS"
.IX Header "BUGS"
Please report all problems immediately to the author.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer
<markus@oberhumer.com>
http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzop/
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
lzop and the \s-1LZO\s0 library are
Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
by Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer.
.PP
lzop and the \s-1LZO\s0 library are distributed under the terms
of the \s-1GNU\s0 General Public License (\s-1GPL\s0).
.PP
Legal info: If want to integrate lzop into your commercial (backup\-)system
please check the \s-1GNU\s0 \s-1GPL\s0 \s-1FAQ\s0 at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl\-faq.html
about possible implications.