Re: [Lzip-bug] plzip vs 0.6 manual missing info.

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Hello Keith,

Keith Daniels wrote:
> IF the manual specified:
> Whether or not plzip output files are the same as lzip,  and that you
> can or can not use lziprecover (from the lzip package) on plzip files
> to recover them...

Thanks for pointing this out. The manual already says this:

"Plzip uses the lzip file format; the files produced by plzip are fully 
compatible with lzip-1.4 or newer".

But you are right it is better to be sure. I'll document in next version 
of the manuals that lziprecover can be used in files produced by any of 
the programs in the lzip family (lzip, plzip, clzip, lzlib and pdlzip).

Given lziprecover's power and versatility, perhaps it should have its 
own package.

"Lziprecover is a data recovery tool for lzip compressed files able to 
repair slightly damaged files, recover badly damaged files from two or 
more copies, and extract undamaged members from multi-member files. If 
the cause of file corruption is damaged media, the combination GNU 
ddrescue + lziprecover is the best option for recovering data from 
multiple damaged copies".


best regards,
Antonio.