From: Jean-loup Gailly Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1993 11:03:19 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Initial revision X-Git-Tag: v1.3.12~148 X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f91413ccd616c23118b97954b6f9ca4ccd63f879;p=debian%2Fgzip Initial revision --- diff --git a/znew.1 b/znew.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5cfb472 --- /dev/null +++ b/znew.1 @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +.TH ZNEW 1 +.SH NAME +znew \- recompress .Z files to .gz files +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B znew +[ -ftv9PK] [ name.Z ... ] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Znew +recompresses files from .Z (compress) format to .gz (gzip) format. +If you want to recompress a file already in gzip format, rename the file +to force a .Z extension then apply znew. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B \-f +Force recompression from .Z to .gz format even if a .gz file already exists. +.TP +.B \-t +Tests the new files before deleting originals. +.TP +.B \-v +Verbose. Display the name and percentage reduction for each file compressed. +.TP +.B \-9 +Use the slowest compression method (optimal compression). +.TP +.B \-P +Use pipes for the conversion to reduce disk space usage. +.TP +.B \-K +Keep a .Z file when it is smaller than the .gz file +.SH "SEE ALSO" +gzip(1), zmore(1), zdiff(1), zgrep(1), zforce(1), gzexe(1), compress(1) +.SH BUGS +.I Znew +does not maintain the time stamp with the -P option if +.I cpmod(1) +is not available and +.I touch(1) +does not support the -r option.