<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> ]> <article lang="&language;" id="xz"> <title>xz / lzma</title> <articleinfo> <authorgroup> <author><firstname>Per Øyvind</firstname><surname> Karlsen</surname></author> <author>&tde-authors;</author> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> <releaseinfo>&tde-release-version;</releaseinfo> <date>Reviewed: &tde-release-date;</date> <copyright> <year>2010</year> <holder>Per Øyvind Karlsen</holder> </copyright> <copyright> <year>&tde-copyright-date;</year> <holder>&tde-team;</holder> </copyright> <abstract> <para> This handbook describes the xz protocol. </para> </abstract> <keywordset> <keyword>TDE</keyword> <keyword>xz</keyword> <keyword>protocol</keyword> </keywordset> </articleinfo> <para>Xz is a compression program</para> <para>The xz slave is not directly usable and is intended for use as a filter. For example, the tar slave can filter a file through the xz slave, in order to display the contents of a <literal role="extension">tar.lzma</literal> or <literal role="extension">tar.xz</literal> file directly in a &konqueror; window.</para> <para>If you click on a file compressed with a <literal role="extension">.lzma</literal> or <literal role="extension">tar.xz</literal> in &konqueror;, this slave is used to uncompress it and display it as a normal (uncompressed) file.</para> <para>Read the man page: <ulink url="man:/xz">xz</ulink>.</para> </article>