# xz / lzma

Per Øyvind
Karlsen

Xz is a compression program

The xz kioslave is not directly usable, and is intended for use as a filter. For example, the tar kioslave can filter a file through the xz kioslave, in order to display the contents of a `tar.lzma` or `tar.xz` file directly in a &konqueror; window.

If you click on a file compressed with a `.lzma` or `tar.xz` in &konqueror;, this kioslave is used to uncompress it and display it as a normal (uncompressed) file.

If you are a developer, and would like to use the xz filter, you can find documentation on using kioslaves at http://techbase.kde.org

See the manual: xz.