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| author | Conrad Meyer <cem@FreeBSD.org> | 2018-10-22 19:50:43 +0000 |
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| committer | Conrad Meyer <cem@FreeBSD.org> | 2018-10-22 19:50:43 +0000 |
| commit | 42239e68a5cfba3b37b054425eace8d14e0844e3 (patch) | |
| tree | aa5c91feac3537b39efa3d9e5f85b3315206a6ed /programs/zstd.1 | |
| parent | 1767cc4987b68ace957ea34c20634485d4232611 (diff) | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | programs/zstd.1 | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/programs/zstd.1 b/programs/zstd.1 index e0902e8582c6..8e9e83745a0f 100644 --- a/programs/zstd.1 +++ b/programs/zstd.1 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ . -.TH "ZSTD" "1" "December 2017" "zstd 1.3.3" "User Commands" +.TH "ZSTD" "1" "2018-01-27" "zstd 1.3.4" "User Commands" . .SH "NAME" \fBzstd\fR \- zstd, zstdmt, unzstd, zstdcat \- Compress or decompress \.zst files @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ force write to standard output, even if it is the console . .TP \fB\-\-[no\-]sparse\fR -enable / disable sparse FS support, to make files with many zeroes smaller on disk\. Creating sparse files may save disk space and speed up decompression by reducing the amount of disk I/O\. default : enabled when output is into a file, and disabled when output is stdout\. This setting overrides default and can force sparse mode over stdout\. +enable / disable sparse FS support, to make files with many zeroes smaller on disk\. Creating sparse files may save disk space and speed up decompression by reducing the amount of disk I/O\. default: enabled when output is into a file, and disabled when output is stdout\. This setting overrides default and can force sparse mode over stdout\. . .TP \fB\-\-rm\fR @@ -172,14 +172,14 @@ suppress warnings, interactivity, and notifications\. specify twice to suppress . .TP \fB\-C\fR, \fB\-\-[no\-]check\fR -add integrity check computed from uncompressed data (default : enabled) +add integrity check computed from uncompressed data (default: enabled) . .TP \fB\-\-\fR All arguments after \fB\-\-\fR are treated as files . .SH "DICTIONARY BUILDER" -\fBzstd\fR offers \fIdictionary\fR compression, useful for very small files and messages\. It\'s possible to train \fBzstd\fR with some samples, the result of which is saved into a file called a \fBdictionary\fR\. Then during compression and decompression, reference the same dictionary\. It will improve compression ratio of small files\. Typical gains range from 10% (at 64KB) to x5 better (at <1KB)\. +\fBzstd\fR offers \fIdictionary\fR compression, which greatly improves efficiency on small files and messages\. It\'s possible to train \fBzstd\fR with a set of samples, the result of which is saved into a file called a \fBdictionary\fR\. Then during compression and decompression, reference the same dictionary, using command \fB\-D dictionaryFileName\fR\. Compression of small files similar to the sample set will be greatly improved\. . .TP \fB\-\-train FILEs\fR @@ -197,6 +197,10 @@ Dictionary saved into \fBfile\fR (default name: dictionary)\. Limit dictionary to specified size (default: 112640)\. . .TP +\fB\-#\fR +Use \fB#\fR compression level during training (optional)\. Will generate statistics more tuned for selected compression level, resulting in a \fIsmall\fR compression ratio improvement for this level\. +. +.TP \fB\-B#\fR Split input files in blocks of size # (default: no split) . @@ -251,7 +255,7 @@ benchmark file(s) using multiple compression levels, from \fB\-b#\fR to \fB\-e#\ . .TP \fB\-i#\fR -minimum evaluation time, in seconds (default : 3s), benchmark mode only +minimum evaluation time, in seconds (default: 3s), benchmark mode only . .TP \fB\-B#\fR, \fB\-\-block\-size=#\fR |
