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pixz-1.0.7

parallel, indexed xz compressor

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Description

The existing XZ Utils provide great compression in the .xz file format, but they produce just one big block of compressed data. Pixz instead produces a collection of smaller blocks which makes random access to the original data possible. This is especially useful for large tarballs.

Package information

Ports path
archivers/pixz
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org>
Categories
archivers
Available flavors
None listed

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