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author Hans-G?nter Theisgen
date Fri Jan 27 10:37:43 2023 +0100 (15 months ago)
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1 Pigz, which stands for parallel implementation of gzip,
2 is a fully functional replacement for gzip that exploits
3 multiple processors and multiple cores to the hilt when
4 compressing data.
5 Pigz was written by Mark Adler, and uses the zlib and
6 pthread libraries.