# LZ16 - simple compressed file format

LZ16 provides a simple format for reading and writing LZSS-compressed files on memory-contained systems.

## File format

LZ16 files start with a 4 byte header, reading "lz16".

This is followed by an arbitrary number of blocks in the format:

 - 2 bytes compressed data length
 - the compressed data

This is terminated either by a zero-length block, or the end of the file.