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7 .TH LZMAINFO 1 "2010-07-28" "Tukaani" "XZ Utils"
9 lzmainfo \- show information stored in the .lzma file header
17 shows information stored in the
19 file header. It reads the first 13 bytes from the specified
21 decodes the header, and prints it to standard output in human
22 readable format. If no
28 standard input is read.
30 Usually the most interesting information is the uncompressed size and
31 the dictionary size. Uncompressed size can be shown only if the file is
34 format variant. The amount of memory required to decompress the file is
35 a few dozen kilobytes plus the dictionary size.
38 is included in XZ Utils primarily for backward compatibility with LZMA Utils.
50 while the correct suffix would be
53 This is to keep the output compatible with LZMA Utils.