-This is gzip.info, produced by makeinfo version 6.3 from gzip.texi.
+This is gzip.info, produced by makeinfo version 6.5 from gzip.texi.
-This manual is for GNU Gzip (version 1.9, 7 January 2018), and documents
+This manual is for GNU Gzip (version 1.10, 7 August 2018), and documents
commands for compressing and decompressing data.
Copyright © 1998-1999, 2001-2002, 2006-2007, 2009-2018 Free Software
GNU Gzip: General file (de)compression
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-This manual is for GNU Gzip (version 1.9, 7 January 2018), and documents
+This manual is for GNU Gzip (version 1.10, 7 August 2018), and documents
commands for compressing and decompressing data.
Copyright © 1998-1999, 2001-2002, 2006-2007, 2009-2018 Free Software
compressed to gzi.msd.exe.gz. Names are not truncated on systems which
do not have a limit on file name length.
- By default, ‘gzip’ keeps the original file name and timestamp in the
-compressed file. These are used when decompressing the file with the
-‘-N’ option. This is useful when the compressed file name was truncated
-or when the timestamp was not preserved after a file transfer. However,
-due to limitations in the current ‘gzip’ file format, fractional seconds
-are discarded. Also, timestamps must fall within the range 1970-01-01
-00:00:01 through 2106-02-07 06:28:15 UTC, and hosts whose operating
-systems use 32-bit timestamps are further restricted to timestamps no
-later than 2038-01-19 03:14:07 UTC. The upper bounds assume the typical
-case where leap seconds are ignored.
+ By default, ‘gzip’ keeps the original file name in the compressed
+file. This can be useful when decompressing the file with ‘-N’ if the
+compressed file name was truncated after a file transfer.
+
+ If the original is a regular file, ‘gzip’ by default keeps its
+timestamp in the compressed file. This can be useful when decompressing
+the file with ‘-N’ if the timestamp was not preserved after a file
+transfer. However, due to limitations in the current ‘gzip’ file
+format, fractional seconds are discarded. Also, timestamps must fall
+within the range 1970-01-01 00:00:01 through 2106-02-07 06:28:15 UTC,
+and hosts whose operating systems use 32-bit timestamps are further
+restricted to timestamps no later than 2038-01-19 03:14:07 UTC. The
+upper bounds assume the typical case where leap seconds are ignored.
Compressed files can be restored to their original form using ‘gzip
-d’ or ‘gunzip’ or ‘zcat’. If the original name saved in the compressed
‘--name’
‘-N’
- When compressing, always save the original file name and timestamp;
- this is the default. When decompressing, restore the original file
- name and timestamp if present. This option is useful on systems
- which have a limit on file name length or when the timestamp has
- been lost after a file transfer.
+ When compressing, always save the original file name, and save the
+ original timestamp if the original is a regular file; this is the
+ default. When decompressing, restore the original file name and
+ timestamp if present. This option is useful on systems which have
+ a limit on file name length or when the timestamp has been lost
+ after a file transfer.
‘--quiet’
‘-q’
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