lziprecover

Recover and decompress data from damaged lzip files

Lziprecover is a data recovery tool and decompressor for files in the lzip compressed data format (.lz). It can test the integrity of lzip files, extract data from damaged ones, and repair most files with small errors (up to one single-byte error per member) entirely.

Lziprecover is not a replacement for regular backups, but a last line of defence when even the backups are corrupt. It can recover files by merging the good parts of two or more damaged copies, such as can be easily produced by running ddrescue on a failing device.

This package also includes unzcrash, a tool to test the robustness of decompressors when faced with corrupted input.

Versions: 1.23
Website: https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lziprecover.html
Licenses: FreeBSD · GPL 2+
Package source: gnu/packages/compression.scm
Builds: See build status
Issues: See known issues

Installation

Install the latest version of lziprecover as follows:

guix install lziprecover

Or install a particular version:

guix install lziprecover@1.23

You can also install packages in augmented, pure or containerized environments for development or simply to try them out without polluting your user profile. See the guix shell documentation for more information.