X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fgzip.texi;h=ffe20b4acfcf811d6edff48382e6bce5e3f7700c;hb=adb5f95d365c76272bf8fff05912746ad8858ba0;hp=84887c3f0c26fa9fad564d9e26f6bad0f765577f;hpb=97f825c37400d5684e096fe57c244e1eb20b509f;p=debian%2Fgzip diff --git a/doc/gzip.texi b/doc/gzip.texi index 84887c3..ffe20b4 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, 2009-2010 Free Software +Copyright @copyright{} 1998-1999, 2001-2002, 2006-2007, 2009-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1993 Jean-loup Gailly @@ -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. @@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ stopping on the first failure: find . -name '* *' -prune -o -name '*.gz' -type f -print | sed " - s/'/'\\''/g + s/'/'\\\\''/g s/^\\(.*\\)\\.gz$/gunzip <'\\1.gz' >'\\1'/ " | sh -e @@ -361,6 +362,22 @@ 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 --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 --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