| pigz 2.1.6 (17 Jan 2010) by Mark Adler |
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| pigz, which stands for Parallel Implementation of GZip, is a fully functional |
| replacement for gzip that exploits multiple processors and multiple cores to |
| the hilt when compressing data. |
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| pigz was written by Mark Adler, and uses the zlib and pthread libraries. |
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| This version of pigz is written to be portable across Unix-style operating |
| systems that provide the zlib and pthread libraries. |
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| Type "make" in this directory to build the "pigz" executable. You can then |
| install the executable wherever you like in your path (e.g. /usr/local/bin/). |
| Type "pigz" to see the command help and all of the command options. |
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| The latest version of pigz can be found at http://zlib.net/pigz/ . You need |
| zlib version 1.2.3 or later to compile pigz. You can find the latest version |
| of zlib at http://zlib.net/ . You can look in pigz.c for the change history. |
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| Questions, comments, bug reports, fixes, etc. can be emailed to Mark at his |
| address in the license below. |
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| The license from pigz.c is copied here: |
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| This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied |
| warranty. In no event will the author be held liable for any damages |
| arising from the use of this software. |
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| Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, |
| including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it |
| freely, subject to the following restrictions: |
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| 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not |
| claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software |
| in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be |
| appreciated but is not required. |
| 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be |
| misrepresented as being the original software. |
| 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution. |
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| Mark Adler |
| madler@alumni.caltech.edu |
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| Mark accepts donations for providing this software. Donations are not |
| required or expected. Any amount that you feel is appropriate would be |
| appreciated. You can use this link: |
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| https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=536055 |