| Dees_Troy | 51a0e82 | 2012-09-05 15:24:24 -0400 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | pigz 2.1.6 (17 Jan 2010) by Mark Adler |
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| 3 | pigz, which stands for Parallel Implementation of GZip, is a fully functional |
| 4 | replacement for gzip that exploits multiple processors and multiple cores to |
| 5 | the hilt when compressing data. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | pigz was written by Mark Adler, and uses the zlib and pthread libraries. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | This version of pigz is written to be portable across Unix-style operating |
| 10 | systems that provide the zlib and pthread libraries. |
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| 12 | Type "make" in this directory to build the "pigz" executable. You can then |
| 13 | install the executable wherever you like in your path (e.g. /usr/local/bin/). |
| 14 | Type "pigz" to see the command help and all of the command options. |
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| 16 | The latest version of pigz can be found at http://zlib.net/pigz/ . You need |
| 17 | zlib version 1.2.3 or later to compile pigz. You can find the latest version |
| 18 | of zlib at http://zlib.net/ . You can look in pigz.c for the change history. |
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| 20 | Questions, comments, bug reports, fixes, etc. can be emailed to Mark at his |
| 21 | address in the license below. |
| 22 | |
| 23 | The license from pigz.c is copied here: |
| 24 | |
| 25 | This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied |
| 26 | warranty. In no event will the author be held liable for any damages |
| 27 | arising from the use of this software. |
| 28 | |
| 29 | Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, |
| 30 | including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it |
| 31 | freely, subject to the following restrictions: |
| 32 | |
| 33 | 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not |
| 34 | claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software |
| 35 | in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be |
| 36 | appreciated but is not required. |
| 37 | 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be |
| 38 | misrepresented as being the original software. |
| 39 | 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution. |
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| 41 | Mark Adler |
| 42 | madler@alumni.caltech.edu |
| 43 | |
| 44 | Mark accepts donations for providing this software. Donations are not |
| 45 | required or expected. Any amount that you feel is appropriate would be |
| 46 | appreciated. You can use this link: |
| 47 | |
| 48 | https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=536055 |