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| author | Yann Collet <cyan@fb.com> | 2019-04-11 22:19:48 (GMT) |
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| committer | Yann Collet <cyan@fb.com> | 2019-04-11 22:20:46 (GMT) |
| commit | bcb26565a732062759a2428e167e27ad3c2f6e96 (patch) | |
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| parent | 8d76c8a44a15cc7c0c1f345ba750e44edac7abb7 (diff) | |
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improved documentation for LZ4 dictionary compression
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@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ trading CPU time for improved compression ratio. All versions feature the same decompression speed. LZ4 is also compatible with [dictionary compression](https://github.com/facebook/zstd#the-case-for-small-data-compression), -and can ingest any input file as dictionary, -including those created by [Zstandard Dictionary Builder](https://github.com/facebook/zstd/blob/v1.3.5/programs/zstd.1.md#dictionary-builder). -(note: only the final 64KB are used). +both at [API](https://github.com/lz4/lz4/blob/v1.8.3/lib/lz4frame.h#L481) and [CLI](https://github.com/lz4/lz4/blob/v1.8.3/programs/lz4.1.md#operation-modifiers) levels. +It can ingest any input file as dictionary, though only the final 64KB are used. +This capability can be combined with the [Zstandard Dictionary Builder](https://github.com/facebook/zstd/blob/v1.3.5/programs/zstd.1.md#dictionary-builder), +in order to drastically improve compression performance on small files. + LZ4 library is provided as open-source software using BSD 2-Clause license. |