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LZIPRECOVER(1) User Commands LZIPRECOVER(1) NAME lziprecover - recovers data from damaged files SYNOPSIS lziprecover [options] [files] DESCRIPTION Lziprecover is a data recovery tool and decompressor for files in the lzip compressed data format (.lz). Lziprecover also provides Forward Error Correction (FEC) able to repair any kind of file. With the help of lziprecover, losing an entire archive just because of a corrupt byte near the beginning is a thing of the past. Lziprecover can remove the damaged members from multimember files, for example multimember tar.lz archives. Lziprecover provides random access to the data in multimember files; it only decompresses the members containing the desired data. Lziprecover is not a replacement for regular backups, but a last line of defense for the case where the backups are also damaged. OPTIONS -h, --help display this help and exit -V, --version output version information and exit -a, --trailing-error exit with error status if trailing data -A, --alone-to-lz convert lzma-alone files to lzip format -b, --block-size=<bytes> make FEC block size a multiple of <bytes> -B, --byte-repair try to repair a corrupt byte in file -c, --stdout write to standard output, keep input files -d, --decompress decompress, test compressed file integrity -D, --range-decompress=<n-m> decompress a range of bytes to stdout -e, --reproduce try to reproduce a zeroed sector in file --lzip-level=N|a|m[N] reproduce one level, all, or match length --lzip-name=<name> name of lzip executable for --reproduce --reference-file=<file> reference file for --reproduce -f, --force overwrite existing output files -F, --fec=c[N]|r|t|l create, repair, test, list (using) fec file -0 .. -9 set FEC fragmentation level [default 9] --fec-file=<file>[/] read fec file from <file> or directory -i, --ignore-errors ignore non-fatal errors -k, --keep keep (don't delete) input files -l, --list print (un)compressed file sizes -m, --merge repair errors in file using several copies -n, --threads=<n> set number of threads for fec create [2] -o, --output=<file>[/] place the output into <file> or directory -q, --quiet suppress all messages -r, --recursive (fec) operate recursively on directories -R, --dereference-recursive (fec) recursively follow symbolic links -s, --split split multimember file in single-member files -t, --test test compressed file integrity -v, --verbose be verbose (a 2nd -v gives more) --dump=<list>:d:e:t dump members, damaged/empty, tdata to stdout --remove=<list>:d:e:t remove members, tdata from files in place --strip=<list>:d:e:t copy files to stdout stripping members given --loose-trailing allow trailing data seeming corrupt header --nonzero-repair repair in place a nonzero first LZMA byte If no file names are given, or if a file is '-', lziprecover decom- presses from standard input to standard output. Numbers may be fol- lowed by a multiplier: k = kB = 10^3 = 1000, Ki = KiB = 2^10 = 1024, M = 10^6, Mi = 2^20, G = 10^9, Gi = 2^30, etc... The argument to --fec=create may be a number of blocks (-Fc20), a percentage (-Fc5%), or a size in bytes (-Fc10KiB). To extract all the files from archive 'foo.tar.lz', use the commands 'tar -xf foo.tar.lz' or 'lziprecover -cd foo.tar.lz | tar -xf -'. Exit status: 0 for a normal exit, 1 for environmental problems (file not found, invalid command-line options, I/O errors, etc), 2 to indi- cate a corrupt or invalid input file, 3 for an internal consistency er- ror (e.g., bug) which caused lziprecover to panic. REPORTING BUGS Report bugs to lzip-bug@nongnu.org Lziprecover home page: http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lziprecover.html COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2025 Antonio Diaz Diaz. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. SEE ALSO The full documentation for lziprecover is maintained as a Texinfo man- ual. If the info and lziprecover programs are properly installed at your site, the command info lziprecover should give you access to the complete manual. lziprecover 1.25 January 2025 LZIPRECOVER(1)
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