diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG index 307907ccf89..562211cfdee 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG +++ b/CHANGELOG @@ -1,3 +1,26 @@ +v1.4.7 +perf: stronger --long mode at high compression levels, by @senhuang42 +perf: stronger --patch-from at high compression levels, thanks to --long improvements +perf: faster dictionary compression at medium compression levels, by @felixhandte +perf: small speed & memory usage improvements for ZSTD_compress2(), by @terrelln +perf: improved fast compression speeds with Visual Studio, by @animalize +cli : Set nb of threads with environment variable ZSTD_NBTHREADS, by @senhuang42 +cli : accept decompressing files with *.zstd suffix +cli : provide a condensed summary by default when processing multiple files +cli : fix : stdin input no longer confused as user prompt +cli : improve accuracy of several error messages +api : new sequence ingestion API, by @senhuang42 +api : shared thread pool: control total nb of threads used by multiple compression jobs, by @marxin +api : new ZSTD_getDictID_fromCDict(), by @LuAPi +api : zlibWrapper only uses public API, and is compatible with dynamic library, by @terrelln +api : fix : multithreaded compression has predictable output even in special cases (see #2327) (issue not accessible from cli) +api : fix : dictionary compression correctly respects dictionary compression level (see #2303) (issue not accessible from cli) +build: fix cmake script when using path with spaces, by @terrelln +build: improved compile-time detection of aarch64/neon platforms, by @bsdimp +build: Fix building on AIX 5.1, by @likema +build: compile paramgrill with cmake on Windows, requested by @mirh +doc : clarify repcode updates in format specification, by @felixhandte + v1.4.6 fix : Always return dstSize_tooSmall when that is the case fix : Fix ZSTD_initCStream_advanced() with static allocation and no dictionary diff --git a/doc/zstd_manual.html b/doc/zstd_manual.html index d26268b5220..cb5ded0703a 100644 --- a/doc/zstd_manual.html +++ b/doc/zstd_manual.html @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -zstd 1.4.6 Manual +zstd 1.4.7 Manual -

zstd 1.4.6 Manual

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zstd 1.4.7 Manual


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    diff --git a/lib/zstd.h b/lib/zstd.h index 1a2353939cd..06e07f7c34d 100644 --- a/lib/zstd.h +++ b/lib/zstd.h @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ extern "C" { /*------ Version ------*/ #define ZSTD_VERSION_MAJOR 1 #define ZSTD_VERSION_MINOR 4 -#define ZSTD_VERSION_RELEASE 6 +#define ZSTD_VERSION_RELEASE 7 #define ZSTD_VERSION_NUMBER (ZSTD_VERSION_MAJOR *100*100 + ZSTD_VERSION_MINOR *100 + ZSTD_VERSION_RELEASE) /*! ZSTD_versionNumber() : diff --git a/programs/zstd.1 b/programs/zstd.1 index 1745438c6ac..0335b175cee 100644 --- a/programs/zstd.1 +++ b/programs/zstd.1 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ . -.TH "ZSTD" "1" "July 2020" "zstd 1.4.5" "User Commands" +.TH "ZSTD" "1" "December 2020" "zstd 1.4.7" "User Commands" . .SH "NAME" \fBzstd\fR \- zstd, zstdmt, unzstd, zstdcat \- Compress or decompress \.zst files @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ This is also used during compression when using with \-\-patch\-from=\. In this \fB\-\-[no\-]sparse\fR: enable / disable sparse FS support, to make files with many zeroes smaller on disk\. Creating sparse files may save disk space and speed up decompression by reducing the amount of disk I/O\. default: enabled when output is into a file, and disabled when output is stdout\. This setting overrides default and can force sparse mode over stdout\. . .IP "\(bu" 4 -\fB\-\-rm\fR: remove source file(s) after successful compression or decompression +\fB\-\-rm\fR: remove source file(s) after successful compression or decompression\. If used in combination with \-o, will trigger a confirmation prompt (which can be silenced with \-f), as this is a destructive operation\. . .IP "\(bu" 4 \fB\-k\fR, \fB\-\-keep\fR: keep source file(s) after successful compression or decompression\. This is the default behavior\. @@ -212,7 +212,16 @@ If input directory contains "\.\.", the files in this directory will be ignored\ .IP "" 0 . .SS "Restricted usage of Environment Variables" -Using environment variables to set parameters has security implications\. Therefore, this avenue is intentionally restricted\. Only \fBZSTD_CLEVEL\fR is supported currently, for setting compression level\. \fBZSTD_CLEVEL\fR can be used to set the level between 1 and 19 (the "normal" range)\. If the value of \fBZSTD_CLEVEL\fR is not a valid integer, it will be ignored with a warning message\. \fBZSTD_CLEVEL\fR just replaces the default compression level (\fB3\fR)\. It can be overridden by corresponding command line arguments\. +Using environment variables to set parameters has security implications\. Therefore, this avenue is intentionally restricted\. Only \fBZSTD_CLEVEL\fR and \fBZSTD_NBTHREADS\fR are currently supported\. They set the compression level and number of threads to use during compression, respectively\. +. +.P +\fBZSTD_CLEVEL\fR can be used to set the level between 1 and 19 (the "normal" range)\. If the value of \fBZSTD_CLEVEL\fR is not a valid integer, it will be ignored with a warning message\. \fBZSTD_CLEVEL\fR just replaces the default compression level (\fB3\fR)\. +. +.P +\fBZSTD_NBTHREADS\fR can be used to set the number of threads \fBzstd\fR will attempt to use during compression\. If the value of \fBZSTD_NBTHREADS\fR is not a valid unsigned integer, it will be ignored with a warning message\. \'ZSTD_NBTHREADS\fBhas a default value of (\fR1\fB), and is capped at ZSTDMT_NBWORKERS_MAX==200\.\fRzstd` must be compiled with multithread support for this to have any effect\. +. +.P +They can both be overridden by corresponding command line arguments: \fB\-#\fR for compression level and \fB\-T#\fR for number of compression threads\. . .SH "DICTIONARY BUILDER" \fBzstd\fR offers \fIdictionary\fR compression, which greatly improves efficiency on small files and messages\. It\'s possible to train \fBzstd\fR with a set of samples, the result of which is saved into a file called a \fBdictionary\fR\. Then during compression and decompression, reference the same dictionary, using command \fB\-D dictionaryFileName\fR\. Compression of small files similar to the sample set will be greatly improved\. diff --git a/programs/zstdgrep.1 b/programs/zstdgrep.1 index 52a3c81f019..c8af908c984 100644 --- a/programs/zstdgrep.1 +++ b/programs/zstdgrep.1 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ . -.TH "ZSTDGREP" "1" "July 2020" "zstd 1.4.5" "User Commands" +.TH "ZSTDGREP" "1" "December 2020" "zstd 1.4.7" "User Commands" . .SH "NAME" \fBzstdgrep\fR \- print lines matching a pattern in zstandard\-compressed files diff --git a/programs/zstdless.1 b/programs/zstdless.1 index 4b0db4edbbf..be92e3514ec 100644 --- a/programs/zstdless.1 +++ b/programs/zstdless.1 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ . -.TH "ZSTDLESS" "1" "July 2020" "zstd 1.4.5" "User Commands" +.TH "ZSTDLESS" "1" "December 2020" "zstd 1.4.7" "User Commands" . .SH "NAME" \fBzstdless\fR \- view zstandard\-compressed files