From 50633f8f4e8d629e65d96f83abd9f99ca2cad463 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lorry Tar Creator Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 20:55:49 +0000 Subject: gzip-1.8 --- znew.1 | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+) create mode 100644 znew.1 (limited to 'znew.1') diff --git a/znew.1 b/znew.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2a7e5e1 --- /dev/null +++ b/znew.1 @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +.TH ZNEW 1 +.SH NAME +znew \- recompress .Z files to .gz files +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B znew +[ -ftv9PK] [ name.Z ... ] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Znew +recompresses files from .Z (compress) format to .gz (gzip) format. +If you want to recompress a file already in gzip format, rename the file +to force a .Z extension then apply znew. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B \-f +Force recompression from .Z to .gz format even if a .gz file already exists. +.TP +.B \-t +Tests the new files before deleting originals. +.TP +.B \-v +Verbose. Display the name and percentage reduction for each file compressed. +.TP +.B \-9 +Use the slowest compression method (optimal compression). +.TP +.B \-P +Use pipes for the conversion to reduce disk space usage. +.TP +.B \-K +Keep a .Z file when it is smaller than the .gz file; implies +.BR -t . +.SH "SEE ALSO" +gzip(1), zmore(1), zdiff(1), zgrep(1), zforce(1), gzexe(1), compress(1) +.SH BUGS +If the +.B \-P +option is used, +.I znew +does not maintain the time stamp if +.IR touch (1) +does not support the +.B \-r +option, and does not maintain permissions if +.IR chmod (1) +does not support the +.B \-\-reference +option. -- cgit v1.2.1