XZ Utils file compression
- software package:
- xz-5.0.4-w-20120625.pet {contains DEV files}
- xz compression creates:
- 30% smaller output than gzip compression
- 15% smaller output than bzip2 compression
- verify installed version via the command-line interface:
xz --version
- to un-pack (extract) files with the extension .tar.xz (or .txz), enter into the command-line interface (upper-case J option, not lower-case j option):
tar xfJv [file...]
- to decompress (extract) a file or directory with the extension .xz:
xz -d [file...] [dir...]
- to compress a file or directory with xz compression:
xz [file...] [dir...]
- to create an archive of a directory with xz compression:
tar cfJv file.tar.xz [dir...]
- http://tukaani.org/xz/
- http://www.qa.com/about-qa/blogs/2010/april/getting-to-know-xz-as-the-best-compression-tool
- http://www.t2-project.org/packages/xz.html
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