Added new option '--ultra-brute'.

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Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer
2006-12-01 02:47:46 +01:00
parent 83052eafae
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@@ -175,38 +175,13 @@ Note that compression level B<--best> can be somewhat slow for large
files, but you definitely should use it when releasing a final version
of your program.
Quick start for achieving the best compression ratio:
=over 4
Try B<upx --brute myfile.exe>.
=back
Details for achieving the best compression ratio:
Quick info for achieving the best compression ratio:
=over 4
=item *
Use the compression level B<--best>.
=item *
Try one or both of the options B<--all-methods> and B<--all-filters>.
=item *
Try the option B<--crp-ms=NUMBER>. This uses more memory during compression
to achieve a (slightly) better compression ratio.
NUMBER must be a decimal value from 10000 to 999999, inclusive.
The default value is 10000 (ten thousand).
=item *
Info: the option B<--brute> is an abbrevation for the options
B<S<--best> S<--all-methods> S<--all-filters> S<--crp-ms=999999>>.
Try B<upx --brute myfile.exe> or even B<upx --ultra-brute myfile.exe>.
=item *
@@ -855,7 +830,7 @@ Screensavers are supported, with the restriction that the filename
must end with ".scr" (as screensavers are handled slightly different
than normal exe files).
UPX compressed PE files has some minor memory overhead (usually in the
UPX compressed PE files have some minor memory overhead (usually in the
10 - 30 kbytes range) which can be seen by specifying the "-i" command
line switch during compression.