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@@ -8639,10 +8639,11 @@ switch to @samp{posix}.
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@cindex lzop
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@cindex compress
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@GNUTAR{} is able to create and read compressed archives. It supports
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-@command{gzip}, @command{bzip2}, @command{lzip}, @command{lzma} and
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-@command{lzop} compression programs. For backward compatibility, it
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-also supports @command{compress} command, although we strongly recommend
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-against using it, because it is by far less effective than other
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+a wide variety of compression programs, namely: @command{gzip},
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+@command{bzip2}, @command{lzip}, @command{lzma}, @command{lzop},
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+@command{xz} and traditional @command{compress}. The latter is
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+supported mostly for backward compatibility, and we recommend
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+against using it, because it is by far less effective than the other
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compression programs@footnote{It also had patent problems in the past.}.
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Creating a compressed archive is simple: you just specify a
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Sergey Poznyakoff