merge rsyncable doc diff

[debian/gzip] / doc / gzip.texi

diff --git a/doc/gzip.texi b/doc/gzip.texi
index 84887c3f0c26fa9fad564d9e26f6bad0f765577f..ecd4e00b74e6a5f74ca8bc1134671dd68a193d57 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/gzip.texi
+++ b/doc/gzip.texi
@@ -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.
 
@@ -361,6 +362,14 @@ 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 --suffix @var{suf}
 @itemx -S @var{suf}
 Use suffix @var{suf} instead of @samp{.gz}.  Any suffix can be