[Lzip-bug] Lziprecover 1.19-rc1 released

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Lziprecover 1.19-rc1 is ready for testing here
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/lziprecover/lziprecover-1.19-rc1.tar.lz
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/lziprecover/lziprecover-1.19-rc1.tar.gz

The sha1sums are:
d4675b6e5fac76ac62a17875a446211c0c24e388  lziprecover-1.19-rc1.tar.lz
6fb248fc81b2a131601156a27964de20050da0f8  lziprecover-1.19-rc1.tar.gz

Please, test it and report any bugs you find.

Lziprecover is a data recovery tool and decompressor for files in the 
lzip compressed data format (.lz). Lziprecover is able to repair 
slightly damaged files, produce a correct file by merging the good parts 
of two or more damaged copies, extract data from damaged files, 
decompress files and test integrity of files.

Lziprecover provides random access to the data in multimember files; it 
only decompresses the members containing the desired data.

Lziprecover is not a replacement for regular backups, but a last line of 
defense for the case where the backups are also damaged.

Lziprecover is able to recover or decompress files produced by any of 
the compressors in the lzip family; lzip, plzip, minilzip/lzlib, clzip 
and pdlzip.

The lzip file format is designed for data sharing and long-term 
archiving, taking into account both data integrity and decoder availability.

A nice feature of the lzip format is that a corrupt byte is easier to 
repair the nearer it is from the beginning of the file. Therefore, with 
the help of lziprecover, losing an entire archive just because of a 
corrupt byte near the beginning is a thing of the past.

If the cause of file corruption is damaged media, the combination GNU 
ddrescue[1] + lziprecover is the best option for recovering data from 
multiple damaged copies.

The homepage is at http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lziprecover.html


Changes in this version:

  * In test mode, lziprecover now continues checking the rest of the 
files if any input file is a terminal.

  * Trailing data are now shown both in hexadecimal and as a string of 
printable ASCII characters.


[1] http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html


Regards,
Antonio Diaz, lziprecover author and maintainer.

--
If you are distributing software in xz format, please consider using 
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http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip_benchmark.html#busybox