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# Dictionary builder | ||
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This is an *experimental* dictionary builder for Zstandard, S2, LZ4, deflate and more. | ||
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This diverges from the Zstandard dictionary builder, and may have some failure scenarios for very small or uniform inputs. | ||
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Dictionaries returned should all be valid, but if very little data is supplied, it may not be able to generate a dictionary. | ||
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With a large, diverse sample set, it will generate a dictionary that can compete with the Zstandard dictionary builder, | ||
but for very similar data it will not be able to generate a dictionary that is as good. | ||
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Feedback is welcome. | ||
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## Usage | ||
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First of all a collection of *samples* must be collected. | ||
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These samples should be representative of the input data and should not contain any complete duplicates. | ||
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Only the *beginning* of the samples is important, the rest can be truncated. | ||
Beyond something like 64KB the input is not important anymore. | ||
The commandline tool can do this truncation for you. | ||
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## Command line | ||
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To install the command line tool run: | ||
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``` | ||
$ go install github.com/klaupost/compress/dict/cmd/builddict@latest | ||
``` | ||
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Collect the samples in a directory, for example `samples/`. | ||
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Then run the command line tool. Basic usage is just to pass the directory with the samples: | ||
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``` | ||
$ builddict samples/ | ||
``` | ||
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This will build a Zstandard dictionary and write it to `dictionary.bin` in the current folder. | ||
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The dictionary can be used with the Zstandard command line tool: | ||
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``` | ||
$ zstd -D dictionary.bin input | ||
``` | ||
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### Options | ||
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The command line tool has a few options: | ||
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- `-format`. Output type. "zstd" "s2" or "raw". Default "zstd". | ||
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Output a dictionary in Zstandard format, S2 format or raw bytes. | ||
The raw bytes can be used with Deflate, LZ4, etc. | ||
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- `-hash` Hash bytes match length. Minimum match length. Must be 4-8 (inclusive) Default 6. | ||
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The hash bytes are used to define the shortest matches to look for. | ||
Shorter matches can generate a more fractured dictionary with less compression, but can for certain inputs be better. | ||
Usually lengths around 6-8 are best. | ||
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- `-len` Specify custom output size. Default 114688. | ||
- `-max` Max input length to index per input file. Default 32768. All inputs are truncated to this. | ||
- `-o` Output name. Default `dictionary.bin`. | ||
- `-q` Do not print progress | ||
- `-dictID` zstd dictionary ID. 0 will be random. Default 0. | ||
- `-zcompat` Generate dictionary compatible with zstd 1.5.5 and older. Default false. | ||
- `-zlevel` Zstandard compression level. | ||
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The Zstandard compression level to use when compressing the samples. | ||
The dictionary will be built using the specified encoder level, | ||
which will reflect speed and make the dictionary tailored for that level. | ||
Default will use level 4 (best). | ||
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Valid values are 1-4, where 1 = fastest, 2 = default, 3 = better, 4 = best. | ||
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## Library | ||
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The `github.com/klaupost/compress/dict` package can be used to build dictionaries in code. | ||
The caller must supply a collection of (pre-truncated) samples, and the options to use. | ||
The options largely correspond to the command line options. | ||
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```Go | ||
package main | ||
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import ( | ||
"github.com/klaupost/compress/dict" | ||
"github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd" | ||
) | ||
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func main() { | ||
var samples [][]byte | ||
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// ... Fill samples with representative data. | ||
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dict, err := dict.BuildZstdDict(samples, dict.Options{ | ||
HashLen: 6, | ||
MaxDictSize: 114688, | ||
ZstdDictID: 0, // Random | ||
ZstdCompat: false, | ||
ZstdLevel: zstd.SpeedBestCompression, | ||
}) | ||
// ... Handle error, etc. | ||
} | ||
``` | ||
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There are similar functions for S2 and raw dictionaries (`BuildS2Dict` and `BuildRawDict`). |
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