I am pleased to announce the release of lziprecover 1.24.
Lziprecover is a data recovery tool and decompressor for files in the lzip
compressed data format (.lz). Lziprecover is able to repair slightly damaged
files (up to one single-byte error per member), produce a correct file by
merging the good parts of two or more damaged copies, reproduce a missing
(zeroed) sector using a reference file, extract data from damaged files,
decompress files, and test integrity of files.
A nice feature of the lzip format is that a corrupt byte is easier to repair
the nearer it is from the beginning of the file. Therefore, with the help of
lziprecover, losing an entire archive just because of a corrupt byte near
the beginning is a thing of the past.
The homepage is at http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lziprecover.html
The sources can be downloaded from
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/lzip/lziprecover/
The sha256sums are:
92d09e7e9d7c1f5a144fe631e5c20eb7e82ff6eb43d4f8ab6b260c926303d89e
lziprecover-1.24.tar.lz
1d699cfaefe92eb2624a3652580bcafe0bbb98fe7818c25e6de823bcdd0d458f
lziprecover-1.24.tar.gz
This release is also GPG signed. You can download the signature by appending
'.sig' to the URL. If the 'gpg --verify' command fails because you don't
have the required public key, then run this command to import it:
gpg --recv-keys 8FE99503132D7742
Key fingerprint = 1D41 C14B 272A 2219 A739 FA4F 8FE9 9503 132D 7742
Changes in version 1.24:
* The option '--empty-error', which forces exit status 2 if any empty
member is found, has been added.
* The option '--marking-error', which forces exit status 2 if the first
LZMA byte is non-zero in any member, has been added.
* The option '--clear-marking', which sets to zero the first LZMA byte of
each member, has been added.
* The keyword 'empty' is now recognized in the argument of '--dump',
'--remove', and '--strip'.
* The option '--repair' has been renamed to '--byte-repair'.
* The option '--debug-repair' has been renamed to '--debug-byte-repair'.
* File diagnostics have been reformatted as 'PROGRAM: FILE: MESSAGE'.
* Diagnostics caused by invalid arguments to command-line options now
show the argument and the name of the option.
* The option '-o, --output' now preserves dates, permissions, and
ownership of the file when decompressing exactly one file.
* The option '-o, --output' now creates missing intermediate directories
when writing to a file.
* The option '--no-verify' of unzcrash has been renamed to '--no-check'.
* The variable MAKEINFO has been added to configure and Makefile.in.
* The makefile target 'install-as-lzip' has been removed because
'--reproduce' needs a lzip compressor (not just a decompressor) named 'lzip'
by default.
Please send bug reports and suggestions to lzip-bug@nongnu.org
Regards,
Antonio Diaz, lziprecover author and maintainer.
--
If you are using gzip, bzip2, or xz, please consider the long-term
advantages of switching to lzip:
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip_benchmark.html
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/manual/lzip_manual.html#Quality-assurance
http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/safety_of_the_lzip_format.html
