X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fgzip.texi;h=5bec221ba2fbc944979b71508b569c0eb5a7cfeb;hb=007e2027ba15d7e77477b7eac974a257be59f0b2;hp=8220960326b622a4f76a232a1ea61654f96459a0;hpb=dc84183747ce1703eb99685b5dbde1f65a143c06;p=debian%2Fgzip diff --git a/doc/gzip.texi b/doc/gzip.texi index 8220960..5bec221 100644 --- a/doc/gzip.texi +++ b/doc/gzip.texi @@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ @setchapternewpage odd @c %**end of header @copying -This manual is for GNU Gzip -(version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}), +This manual is for GNU Gzip (version @value{VERSION}), and documents commands for compressing and decompressing data. -Copyright @copyright{} 1998-1999, 2001-2002, 2006-2007, 2009-2012 Free Software +Copyright @copyright{} 1998-1999, 2001-2002, 2006-2007, 2009-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1993 Jean-loup Gailly @@ -171,10 +170,10 @@ ownership and time stamps of files when compressing or decompressing. The @command{gzip} file format is specified in P. Deutsch, @sc{gzip} file format specification version 4.3, -@uref{ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1952.txt, Internet @abbr{RFC} 1952} (May +@uref{http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1952.txt, Internet @abbr{RFC} 1952} (May 1996). The @command{zip} deflation format is specified in P. Deutsch, @sc{deflate} Compressed Data Format Specification version 1.3, -@uref{ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1951.txt, Internet @abbr{RFC} 1951} (May +@uref{http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1951.txt, Internet @abbr{RFC} 1951} (May 1996). @node Sample @@ -195,6 +194,7 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -d, --decompress decompress -f, --force force overwrite of output file and compress links -h, --help give this help + -k, --keep keep (don't delete) input files -l, --list list compressed file contents -L, --license display software license -n, --no-name do not save or restore the original name and time stamp @@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too. -V, --version display version number -1, --fast compress faster -9, --best compress better + --rsyncable Make rsync-friendly archive With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. @@ -276,6 +277,10 @@ whether an existing file should be overwritten. @itemx -h Print an informative help message describing the options then quit. +@item --keep +@itemx -k +Keep (don't delete) input files during compression or decompression. + @item --list @itemx -l For each compressed file, list the following fields: @@ -353,6 +358,14 @@ specified on the command line are directories, @command{gzip} will descend into the directory and compress all the files it finds there (or decompress them in the case of @command{gunzip}). +@item --rsyncable +While compressing, synchronize the output occasionally based on +the input. This increases size by less than 1 percent most +cases, but means that the @command{rsync} program can much more efficiently +synchronize files compressed with this flag. @command{gunzip} +cannot tell the difference between a compressed file created +with this option, and one created without it. + @item --suffix @var{suf} @itemx -S @var{suf} Use suffix @var{suf} instead of @samp{.gz}. Any suffix can be