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- .TH LZMAINFO 1 "2013-06-30" "Tukaani" "XZ Utils"
- .SH NAME
- lzmainfo \- show information stored in the .lzma file header
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .B lzmainfo
- .RB [ \-\-help ]
- .RB [ \-\-version ]
- .RI [ file... ]
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .B lzmainfo
- shows information stored in the
- .B .lzma
- file header.
- It reads the first 13 bytes from the specified
- .IR file ,
- decodes the header, and prints it to standard output in human
- readable format.
- If no
- .I files
- are given or
- .I file
- is
- .BR \- ,
- standard input is read.
- .PP
- Usually the most interesting information is
- the uncompressed size and the dictionary size.
- Uncompressed size can be shown only if
- the file is in the non-streamed
- .B .lzma
- format variant.
- The amount of memory required to decompress the file is
- a few dozen kilobytes plus the dictionary size.
- .PP
- .B lzmainfo
- is included in XZ Utils primarily for
- backward compatibility with LZMA Utils.
- .SH "EXIT STATUS"
- .TP
- .B 0
- All is good.
- .TP
- .B 1
- An error occurred.
- .SH BUGS
- .B lzmainfo
- uses
- .B MB
- while the correct suffix would be
- .B MiB
- (2^20 bytes).
- This is to keep the output compatible with LZMA Utils.
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- .BR xz (1)
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