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author Max Miorim2010-10-25 04:30:00 +0200
committer Erik Hanson2010-10-25 14:55:11 +0200
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+pigz, which stands for parallel implementation of gzip, is a fully
+functional replacement for gzip that exploits multiple processors and
+multiple cores to the hilt when compressing data. pigz was written by
+Mark Adler, and uses the zlib and pthread libraries.