2009-09-21 16:07:42 +02:00
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XZ Utils is free general-purpose data compression software with a
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high compression ratio. XZ Utils is the successor to LZMA Utils.
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2008-04-21 17:53:28 +02:00
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2009-09-21 16:07:42 +02:00
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The core of the XZ Utils compression code is based on the LZMA SDK.
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The primary compression algorithm is currently LZMA2, which is used
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inside the .xz container format. With typical files, XZ Utils
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creates output 30% smaller than gzip and 15% smaller than bzip2.
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The XZ Utils package consists of several components:
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* liblzma is a compression library with an API similar to that of zlib.
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* xz is a command line tool with syntax similar to that of gzip.
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* xzdec is a decompression-only tool smaller than the full-featured xz tool.
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* A set of shell scripts (xzgrep, xzdiff, etc.) have been adapted
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from gzip to ease viewing, grepping, and comparing compressed files.
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* Emulation of the command line tools of LZMA Utils eases transition
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from LZMA Utils to XZ Utils.
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WWW: http://tukaani.org/xz/
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