szip - Man Page
manual page for szip 1.0.0
Description
szip 1.0.0 Andrew Gallant <jamslam@gmail.com>
szip compresses and decompresses data in the Snappy format.
szip works similarly to gzip. It takes files as parameters, compresses them to a new file with a .sz extension, and removes the original. File access and modification times are preserved.
Alternatively, data can be sent on stdin and its compressed form will be sent to stdout.
The -d (short for --decompress) flag changes the mode from compression to decompression.
The --raw flag can be used for compressing/decompressing the raw Snappy format. Note that this requires reading the entire input/output into memory. In general, you shouldn't use this flag unless you have a specific need to.
Usage
szip [Flags] [paths]
Flags
- -d, --decompress
Decompress data (default is compression).
- -f, --force
Force (de)compression even if the corresponding output file already exists.
- -h, --help
Prints help information
- -k, --keep
Keep (don't delete) input files during (de)compression.
- -r, --raw
Use the "raw" Snappy format (no framing).
- -V, --version
Prints version information
Args
- <paths>
A list of file paths to compress (or decompress).