ZCK_GEN_ZDICT(1)            General Commands Manual           ZCK_GEN_ZDICT(1)

NAME
     zck_gen_zdict - extract a dictionary and optionally the separate chunks
     from a zdict file

SYNOPSIS
     zck_gen_zdict [-d directory | --dir=directory] [-v | --verbose] file
     zck_gen_zdict -? | --help | --usage | --version

DESCRIPTION
     The zck_gen_zdict utility reads the specified zchunk file, extracts the
     dictionary used during the compression, and optionally uncompresses the
     individual chunks into the specified directory.

     The zck_gen_zdict utility accepts the following optional arguments:

     -d, --dir
             In addition to extracting the dictionary, uncompress the
             individual chunks as sequential files into the specified
             directory.

     -v, --verbose
             Verbose operation; display some diagnostic output.

     -?, --help
             Display program usage information and exit.

     --usage
             Display brief program usage information and exit.

     --version
             Display program version information and exit.

EXIT STATUS
     The zck_gen_zdict utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

EXAMPLES
     Extract a zchunk file's dictionary into the words.txt.zdict file:

           zck_gen_zdict words.txt.zck

     Extract the dictionary into words.txt.zdict and also the chunks into the
     chunks/ directory:

           zck_gen_zdict -d chunks/ words.txt.zck

SEE ALSO
     unzck(1), zck(1), zck_delta_size(1), zck_read_header(1), zckdl(1)

AUTHOR
     The zck_gen_zdict utility was written by Jonathan Dieter
     <jdieter@gmail.com>.  This manual page stub was written by Peter Pentchev
     <roam@ringlet.net>.

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