--
When decompressing with -N or -NT, strip any path from header name.
This uses the path of the compressed file combined with the name
from the header as the name of the decompressed output file. Any
path information in the header name is stripped. This avoids a
possible vulnerability where absolute or descending paths are put
in the gzip header.
--
initial import of pigz 2.1.6 sources.
from http://www.zlib.net/pigz/:
"""
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.
How is it pronounced?
I'm glad you asked. It is pronounced "pig-zee". It is not pronounced like the plural of pig.
"""
once i am done adding bz2 support to pigz, i plan to obsolete my usr.bin/gzip.
mrg