1nbdkit-xz-filter(1)                 NBDKIT                 nbdkit-xz-filter(1)
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NAME

6       nbdkit-xz-filter - nbdkit xz filter
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SYNOPSIS

9        nbdkit --filter=xz file FILENAME.xz
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11        nbdkit --filter=xz curl https://example.com/FILENAME.xz
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DESCRIPTION

14       "nbdkit-xz-filter" is a filter for nbdkit(1) which uncompresses the
15       underlying plugin on the fly.  The filter only supports read-only
16       connections.
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18   Getting best random access performance from xz
19       xz(1) files are split into streams and blocks.  Most xz files contain
20       only one stream which contains one or more blocks.  You can find out
21       how many streams and blocks are in an xz file by doing:
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23        $ xz --list winxp.img.xz
24        Strms  Blocks   Compressed Uncompressed  Ratio  Check   Filename
25            1       1  2,100.0 MiB  6,144.0 MiB  0.342  CRC64   winxp.img.xz
26           ↑↑↑     ↑↑↑
27         streams  blocks
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29       xz files are seekable on block boundaries only.  Seeking is done by
30       seeking directly to the lower block boundary, then uncompressing data
31       until the precise byte is reached.  As uncompressing xz data is slow,
32       to get best random access performance, you must prepare your xz files
33       with many small blocks.
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35       Use the --block-size option with a small-ish block size.  For example
36       this is the same image compressed with a 16 MB block size:
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38        $ xz --best --block-size=16777216 winxp.img
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40        $ xz --list winxp.img.xz
41        Strms  Blocks   Compressed Uncompressed  Ratio  Check   Filename
42            1     384  2,120.1 MiB  6,144.0 MiB  0.345  CRC64   winxp.img.xz
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46       This file can be accessed randomly.  At most 16 MB will have to be
47       uncompressed to seek to any byte.
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49       As you would expect, xz cannot compress as efficiently when using a
50       smaller block size.  The space penalty in the above example is < 1% of
51       the compressed file size.
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PARAMETERS

54       xz-max-block=SIZE
55           The maximum block size that the filter will read.  The filter will
56           refuse to read xz files that contain any block larger than this
57           size.
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59           See the discussion above about creating xz files with small block
60           sizes in order to reduce memory usage and increase performance.
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62           This parameter is optional.  If not specified it defaults to 512M.
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64       xz-max-depth=N
65           Maximum number of blocks stored in the LRU block cache.
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67           This parameter is optional.  If not specified it defaults to 8.
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69           The filter may allocate up to maximum block size in file × maxdepth
70           bytes of memory per connection.
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FILES

73       $filterdir/nbdkit-xz-filter.so
74           The filter.
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76           Use "nbdkit --dump-config" to find the location of $filterdir.
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VERSION

79       "nbdkit-xz-filter" first appeared in nbdkit 1.10.  It is derived from
80       an earlier plugin that first appeared in nbdkit 1.0.
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SEE ALSO

83       nbdkit(1), nbdkit-filter(3), nbdkit-curl-plugin(1),
84       nbdkit-file-plugin(1), xz(1).
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AUTHORS

87       Richard W.M. Jones
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90       Copyright Red Hat
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LICENSE

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