From 545375e4a689e9c46881d9a8f08974a114fbccf4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Krause Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 16:14:27 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] list main differences between pixz and xz in README --- README.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 76d865e..9b6a14e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -17,6 +17,18 @@ but they produce just one big block of compressed data. Pixz instead produces a smaller blocks which makes random access to the original data possible. This is especially useful for large tarballs. +### Differences to xz + +- `pixz` automatically indexes tarballs during compression +- `pixz` defaults to using all available CPU cores, while `xz` defaults to using only one core +- `pixz` provides `-i` and `-o` command line options to specify input and output file +- `pixz` does not support the command line option `-z` or `--compress` +- `pixz` does not support the command line option `-c` or `--stdout` +- `-f` command line option is incompatible +- `-l` command line option output differs +- `-q` command line option is incompatible +- `-t` command line option is incompatible + Building pixz -------------