X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fgzip.texi;h=84887c3f0c26fa9fad564d9e26f6bad0f765577f;hb=97f825c37400d5684e096fe57c244e1eb20b509f;hp=28b6f4c0ae5b0eab40f7b78e82beed42fd579c46;hpb=c7e61475680fa226bd9b8bdd469cd66914e630f5;p=debian%2Fgzip diff --git a/doc/gzip.texi b/doc/gzip.texi index 28b6f4c..84887c3 100644 --- a/doc/gzip.texi +++ b/doc/gzip.texi @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ This manual is for GNU Gzip (version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}), and documents commands for compressing and decompressing data. -Copyright @copyright{} 1998-1999, 2001-2002, 2006-2007, 2009 Free Software +Copyright @copyright{} 1998-1999, 2001-2002, 2006-2007, 2009-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1993 Jean-loup Gailly @@ -353,6 +353,14 @@ 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 can reduce the compression slightly in some cases, but +means that the @code{rsync} program can take advantage of similarities +in the uncompressed input when syncronizing two files compressed with +this flag. @code{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