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smaller blocks which makes random access to the original data possible. This is especially useful
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smaller blocks which makes random access to the original data possible. This is especially useful
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for large tarballs.
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for large tarballs.
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### Differences to xz
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- `pixz` automatically indexes tarballs during compression
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- `pixz` defaults to using all available CPU cores, while `xz` defaults to using only one core
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- `pixz` provides `-i` and `-o` command line options to specify input and output file
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- `pixz` does not support the command line option `-z` or `--compress`
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- `pixz` does not support the command line option `-c` or `--stdout`
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- `-f` command line option is incompatible
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- `-l` command line option output differs
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- `-q` command line option is incompatible
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- `-t` command line option is incompatible
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Building pixz
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Building pixz
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Christian Krause
9 years ago