NAME¶

zck_gen_zdict — extract a dictionary and optionally the separate chunks from a zdict file

SYNOPSIS¶

DESCRIPTION¶

The zck_gen_zdict utility reads the specified zchunk file, extracts the dictionary used during the compression, and optionally uncompresses the individual chunks into the specified directory.

The zck_gen_zdict utility accepts the following optional arguments:

-d, --dir

In addition to extracting the dictionary, uncompress the individual chunks as sequential files into the specified directory.

-v, --verbose

Verbose operation; display some diagnostic output.

-?, --help

Display program usage information and exit.

--usage

Display brief program usage information and exit.

--version

Display program version information and exit.

EXIT STATUS¶

The zck_gen_zdict utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

EXAMPLES¶

Extract a zchunk file's dictionary into the words.txt.zdict file:

Extract the dictionary into words.txt.zdict and also the chunks into the chunks/ directory:

SEE ALSO¶

unzck(1), zck(1), zck_delta_size(1), zck_read_header(1), zckdl(1)

AUTHOR¶

The zck_gen_zdict utility was written by Jonathan Dieter ⟨jdieter@gmail.com⟩. This manual page stub was written by Peter Pentchev ⟨roam@ringlet.net⟩.