LZMA(1) General Commands Manual LZMA(1)
NAME
LZMA - a compression algorithm, based on Lempel Ziv's compression method.
SYNOPSIS
lzma <e|d> inputFile outputFile [switches...]
DESCRIPTION
LZMA provides high compression ratio and very fast decompression, so it is very suitable for embedded applications. For example, it can be
used for ROM (firmware) compression.
lzma is the default and general compression method of 7z format in 7-Zip program.
FUNCTION LETTERS
e Encode file
d Decode file
b Benchmark
SWITCHES
-a{N} Set compression mode - [0, 1], default: 1 (max)
-d{N} Set dictionary - [0,30], default: 23 (8MB)
-fb{N} Set number of fast bytes - [5, 273], default: 128
-mc{N} Set number of cycles for match finder
-lc{N} Set number of literal context bits - [0, 8], default: 3
-lp{N} Set number of literal pos bits - [0, 4], default: 0
-pb{N} Set number of pos bits - [0, 4], default: 2
-mf{MF_ID}
Set Match Finder: [bt2, bt3, bt4, hc4], default: bt4
-eos Write End Of Stream marker
-si Read data from stdin
-so Write data to stdout
SEE ALSO
7z(1),7za(1)
AUTHOR
Written for Debian by Mohammed Adnene Trojette.
Mohammed Adnene Trojette May 5 2006 LZMA(1)
