On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 6:28 AM, Antonio Diaz Diaz <anto...@gnu.org> wrote: > Nicholas Breen wrote: >>> >>> If there is just the excrement of a fly adhered to a corner of the >>> envelope (a null byte appended to an otherwise intact file, for >>> example), xz will report that the data is corrupt and will not >>> deliver the message. This test is inescapable. >> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> >>> From xz(1): >> >> --single-stream >> Decompress only the first .xz stream, and silently ignore >> pos- >> sible remaining input data following the stream. > > > Just try this command: > > xz -d --single-stream file_with_many_streams_and_null_byte.xz > > Xz decompresses the first stream in the file, then deletes the file, and > finally exits with 0 status. > > I was wrong. In some cases the "Compressed data is corrupt" message can be > silenced... at the cost of silent massive data loss.
http://linux.die.net/man/1/xz -k, --keep Keep (don't delete) the input files. Regards, -- Robert Nelson https://rcn-ee.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/caochtyjsv_ehbesjzbmevxmqoxxvigx1uugegus0e1zryhn...@mail.gmail.com
