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authorPrzemyslaw Skibinski <inikep@gmail.com>2016-11-16 09:53:06 (GMT)
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ It makes benchmark more precise as it eliminates I/O overhead.
The benchmark measures ratio, compressed size, compression and decompression speed.
One can select compression levels starting from `-b` and ending with `-e`.
-The `-i` parameter selects a number of iterations used for each of tested levels.
+The `-i` parameter selects a number of seconds used for each of tested levels.
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Arguments :
-d : decompression (default for .lz4 extension)
-z : force compression
-f : overwrite output without prompting
+--rm : remove source file(s) after successful de/compression
-h/-H : display help/long help and exit
Advanced arguments :
@@ -48,18 +49,20 @@ Advanced arguments :
-c : force write to standard output, even if it is the console
-t : test compressed file integrity
-m : multiple input files (implies automatic output filenames)
+ -r : operate recursively on directories (sets also -m)
-l : compress using Legacy format (Linux kernel compression)
- -B# : Block size [4-7](default : 7)
+ -B# : Block size [4-7] (default : 7)
-BD : Block dependency (improve compression ratio)
--no-frame-crc : disable stream checksum (default:enabled)
--content-size : compressed frame includes original size (default:not present)
--[no-]sparse : sparse mode (default:enabled on file, disabled on stdout)
Benchmark arguments :
-Benchmark arguments :
-b# : benchmark file(s), using # compression level (default : 1)
- -e# : test all compression levels from -bX to # (default: 1)
- -i# : iteration loops [1-9](default : 3), benchmark mode only
- ```
+ -e# : test all compression levels from -bX to # (default : 1)
+ -i# : minimum evaluation time in seconds (default : 3s)
+ -B# : cut file into independent blocks of size # bytes [32+]
+ or predefined block size [4-7] (default: 7)
+```
#### License