fixed in upstream 1.5

[debian/gzip] / gzip.1

diff --git a/gzip.1 b/gzip.1
index bdf69435c8c9ade9141b038a81e1445a82e898c0..7dbcb0283eebd5f5a87fb306f037f0c03a2201b2 100644 (file)
--- a/gzip.1
+++ b/gzip.1
@@ -180,12 +180,12 @@ or decompressing.
 The
 .I gzip
 file format is specified in P. Deutsch, \s-1GZIP\s0 file format
 The
 .I gzip
 file format is specified in P. Deutsch, \s-1GZIP\s0 file format

-specification version 4.3, <ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1952.txt>,
+specification version 4.3, <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1952.txt>,

 Internet RFC 1952 (May 1996).  The
 .I zip
 deflation format is specified in P. Deutsch, \s-1DEFLATE\s0 Compressed
 Data Format Specification version 1.3,
 Internet RFC 1952 (May 1996).  The
 .I zip
 deflation format is specified in P. Deutsch, \s-1DEFLATE\s0 Compressed
 Data Format Specification version 1.3,

-<ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1951.txt>, Internet RFC 1951 (May 1996).
+<http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1951.txt>, Internet RFC 1951 (May 1996).

 
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP


@@ -291,15 +291,14 @@ will descend into the directory and compress all the files it finds there
 ).
 .TP
 .B \-S .suf   --suffix .suf
 ).
 .TP
 .B \-S .suf   --suffix .suf

-Use suffix .suf instead of .gz. Any suffix can be given, but suffixes
+When compressing, use suffix .suf instead of .gz.
+Any non-empty suffix can be given, but suffixes

 other than .z and .gz should be avoided to avoid confusion when files
 other than .z and .gz should be avoided to avoid confusion when files

-are transferred to other systems.  A null suffix forces gunzip to  try
-decompression on all given files regardless of suffix, as in:
+are transferred to other systems.

 
 

-    gunzip -S "" *       (*.* for MSDOS)
+When decompressing, add .suf to the beginning of the list of
+suffixes to try, when deriving an output file name from an input file name.

 
 

-Previous versions of gzip used
-the .z suffix. This was changed to avoid a conflict with

 .IR pack "(1)".
 .TP
 .B \-t --test
 .IR pack "(1)".
 .TP
 .B \-t --test


@@ -383,20 +382,19 @@ explicit command line parameters. For example:
 On Vax/VMS, the name of the environment variable is GZIP_OPT, to
 avoid a conflict with the symbol set for invocation of the program.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 On Vax/VMS, the name of the environment variable is GZIP_OPT, to
 avoid a conflict with the symbol set for invocation of the program.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"

-znew(1), zcmp(1), zmore(1), zforce(1), gzexe(1), zip(1), unzip(1), compress(1),
-pack(1), compact(1)
+znew(1), zcmp(1), zmore(1), zforce(1), gzexe(1), zip(1), unzip(1), compress(1)

 .PP
 The
 .I gzip
 file format is specified in P. Deutsch, \s-1GZIP\s0 file format
 specification version 4.3,
 .PP
 The
 .I gzip
 file format is specified in P. Deutsch, \s-1GZIP\s0 file format
 specification version 4.3,

-.BR <ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1952.txt> ,
+.BR <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1952.txt> ,

 Internet RFC 1952 (May 1996).
 The
 .I zip
 deflation format is specified in P. Deutsch, \s-1DEFLATE\s0 Compressed
 Data Format Specification version 1.3,
 Internet RFC 1952 (May 1996).
 The
 .I zip
 deflation format is specified in P. Deutsch, \s-1DEFLATE\s0 Compressed
 Data Format Specification version 1.3,

-.BR <ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1951.txt> ,
+.BR <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1951.txt> ,

 Internet RFC 1951 (May 1996).
 .SH "DIAGNOSTICS"
 Exit status is normally 0;
 Internet RFC 1951 (May 1996).
 .SH "DIAGNOSTICS"
 Exit status is normally 0;