gzexe \- compress executable files in place
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B gzexe
-[ name ... ]
+.I "name .\|.\|."
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.I gzexe
utility allows you to compress executables in place and have them
automatically uncompress and execute when you run them (at a penalty
-in performance). For example if you execute ``gzexe /bin/cat'' it
+in performance). For example if you execute ``gzexe /usr/bin/gdb'' it
will create the following two files:
.nf
.br
- -r-xr-xr-x 1 root bin 9644 Feb 11 11:16 /bin/cat
- -r-xr-xr-x 1 bin bin 24576 Nov 23 13:21 /bin/cat~
+ -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1026675 Jun 7 13:53 /usr/bin/gdb
+ -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2304524 May 30 13:02 /usr/bin/gdb~
.fi
-/bin/cat~ is the original file and /bin/cat is the self-uncompressing
-executable file. You can remove /bin/cat~ once you are sure that
-/bin/cat works properly.
+/usr/bin/gdb~ is the original file and /usr/bin/gdb is the self-uncompressing
+executable file. You can remove /usr/bin/gdb~ once you are sure that
+/usr/bin/gdb works properly.
.PP
This utility is most useful on systems with very small disks.
.SH OPTIONS
.SH "SEE ALSO"
gzip(1), znew(1), zmore(1), zcmp(1), zforce(1)
.SH CAVEATS
-The compressed executable is a shell script. This may create some
-security holes. In particular, the compressed executable relies
+The compressed executable is a shell script. This may create some
+security holes. In particular, the compressed executable relies
on the PATH environment variable to find
.I gzip
-and some other utilities
-.I (tail, chmod, ln, sleep).
+and some standard utilities
+.RI ( basename ,
+.IR chmod ,
+.IR ln ,
+.IR mkdir ,
+.IR mktemp ,
+.IR rm ,
+.IR sleep ,
+and
+.IR tail ).
.SH "BUGS"
-.I gzexe
+.I gzexe
attempts to retain the original file attributes on the compressed executable,
but you may have to fix them manually in some cases, using
.I chmod
or
-.I chown.
+.IR chown .