Imported Debian patch 1.3.5-10

[debian/gzip] / gzip.1

diff --git a/gzip.1 b/gzip.1
index 06986eb02eb32908daa76462da612532fb3ab8ba..f5d03ff3ef59b6fa5ba6aa952f8d61d28509c3ab 100644 (file)
--- a/gzip.1
+++ b/gzip.1
@@ -121,7 +121,13 @@ Files created by
 .I zip
 can be uncompressed by gzip only if they have a single member compressed
 with the 'deflation' method. This feature is only intended to help
 .I zip
 can be uncompressed by gzip only if they have a single member compressed
 with the 'deflation' method. This feature is only intended to help

-conversion of tar.zip files to the tar.gz format. To extract zip files
+conversion of tar.zip files to the tar.gz format.  To extract a
+.I zip
+file with a single member, use a command like
+.I "gunzip <foo.zip"
+or
+.IR "gunzip -S .zip foo.zip" .
+To extract zip files

 with several members, use
 .I unzip
 instead of
 with several members, use
 .I unzip
 instead of


@@ -170,6 +176,16 @@ number of used disk blocks almost never increases.
 .I gzip
 preserves the mode, ownership and timestamps of files when compressing
 or decompressing.
 .I gzip
 preserves the mode, ownership and timestamps of files when compressing
 or decompressing.

+.PP
+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>,
+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).

 
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP


@@ -474,7 +490,7 @@ the default compression level (-6). On some highly redundant files,
 compresses better than
 .I gzip.
 .SH "COPYRIGHT NOTICE"
 compresses better than
 .I gzip.
 .SH "COPYRIGHT NOTICE"

-Copyright \(co 1998, 1999, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright \(co 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

 .br
 Copyright \(co 1992, 1993 Jean-loup Gailly
 .PP
 .br
 Copyright \(co 1992, 1993 Jean-loup Gailly
 .PP