ZCK_GEN_ZDICT(1) General Commands Manual ZCK_GEN_ZDICT(1)

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

zck_gen_zdict [-d directory | --dir=directory] [-v | --verbose] file

zck_gen_zdict -? | --help | --usage | --version

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:

, --dir
In addition to extracting the dictionary, uncompress the individual chunks as sequential files into the specified directory.
, --verbose
Verbose operation; display some diagnostic output.
-?, --help
Display program usage information and exit.
Display brief program usage information and exit.
Display program version information and exit.

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

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

zck_gen_zdict words.txt.zck

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

zck_gen_zdict -d chunks/ words.txt.zck

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

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⟩.

May 31, 2020 Debian