document mingw linker fix and close associated bug

[debian/gzip] / zdiff.1

diff --git a/zdiff.1 b/zdiff.1
index ea3bf4103fc7cb27570fad77b0db42b04aeb17f1..0c826c3ffeaee9fb6dc42c3072c02a62119c6465 100644 (file)
--- a/zdiff.1
+++ b/zdiff.1
@@ -11,25 +11,28 @@ zcmp, zdiff \- compare compressed files
 [ file2 ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .I  Zcmp
-and 
+and
 .I zdiff
 are used to invoke the
 .I cmp
 or the
 .I diff
-program on compressed files.  All options specified are passed directly to
+program on files compressed via
+.IR gzip "."
+All options specified are passed directly to
 .I cmp
 or
 .IR diff "."
-If only 1 file is specified, then the files compared are
+If only
 .I file1
-and an uncompressed
+is specified, it is compared to the uncompressed contents of
 .IR file1 ".gz."
-If two files are specified, then they are uncompressed if necessary and fed to
+If two files are specified, their contents (uncompressed if necessary) are fed to
 .I cmp
 or
 .IR diff "."
-The exit status from 
+The input files are not modified.
+The exit status from
 .I cmp
 or
 .I diff
@@ -41,4 +44,5 @@ Messages from the
 .I cmp
 or
 .I diff
-programs refer to temporary filenames instead of those specified.
+programs may refer to file names such as "\-" instead of to the file
+names specified.