215 lines
5.4 KiB
Groff
215 lines
5.4 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: gzip.1,v 1.14 2004/02/18 09:16:27 wiz Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 2003, 2004 Matthew R. Green
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.Dd February 18, 2004
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.Dt GZIP 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm gzip
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.Nd compression/decompression tool using Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77)
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl cdfhlNnqrtVv
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.Op Fl S Ar suffix
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.Ar file
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.Oo
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.Ar file Oo ...
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.Oc
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.Oc
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.Nm gunzip
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.Op Fl cfhNqrtVv
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.Op Fl S Ar suffix
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.Ar file
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.Oo
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.Ar file Oo ...
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.Oc
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.Oc
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.Nm zcat
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.Op Fl fhV
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.Ar file
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.Oo
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.Ar file Oo ...
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.Oc
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.Oc
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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program compresses and decompresses files using Lempel-Ziv coding
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(LZ77).
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If no
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.Ar files
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are specified,
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.Nm
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will compress from standard input, or decompress to standard output.
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When in compression mode, each
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.Ar file
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will be replaced with another file with the suffix, set by the
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.Fl S Ar suffix
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option, added, if possible.
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In decompression mode, each
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.Ar file
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will be checked for existence, as will the file with the suffix
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added.
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.Pp
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If invoked as
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.Nm gunzip
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then the
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.Fl d
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option is enabled.
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If invoked as
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.Nm zcat
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or
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.Nm gzcat
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then both the
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.Fl c
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and
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.Fl d
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options are enabled.
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.Pp
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This version of
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.Nm
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is also capable of decompressing files compressed using
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.Xr compress 1
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or
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.Xr bzip2 1 .
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.Sh OPTIONS
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The following options are available:
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.Bl -tag -width XXrXXXrecursiveX
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.It Fl 1 , -fast
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.It Fl 2
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.It Fl 3
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.It Fl 4
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.It Fl 5
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.It Fl 6
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.It Fl 7
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.It Fl 8
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.It Fl 9 , -best
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These options change the compression level used, with the
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.Fl 1
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option being the fastest, with less compression, and the
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.Fl 9
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option being the slowest, with optimal compression.
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.It Fl c , -stdout , -to-stdout
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This option specifies that output will go to the standard output
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stream, leaving files intact.
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.It Fl d , -decompress , -uncompress
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This option selects decompression rather than compression.
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.It Fl f , -force
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This option turns on force mode.
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This allows files with multiple links, overwriting of pre-existing
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files, reading from or writing to a terminal, and when combined
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with the
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.Fl c
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option, allowing non-compressed data to pass through unchanged.
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.It Fl h , -help
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This option prints a usage summary and exits.
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.It Fl l , -list
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This option displays information about the file's compressed and
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uncompressed size, ratio, uncompressed name.
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With the
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.Fl v
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option, it also displays the compression method, CRC, data and time
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embedded in the file.
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.It Fl N , -name
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This option causes the stored filename in the input file to be used
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as the output file.
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.It Fl n , -no-name
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This option stops the filename from being stored in the output
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file.
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.It Fl q , -quiet
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With this option, no warnings or errors are printed.
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.It Fl r , -recursive
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This option is used to
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.Nm
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the files in a directory tree individually, using the
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.Xr fts 3
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library.
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.It Fl S Ar suffix , Fl -suffix Ar suffix
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This option changes the default suffix from .gz to
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.Ar suffix .
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.It Fl t , -test
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This option will test compressed files for integrity.
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.It Fl V , -version
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This option prints the version of the
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.Nm
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program.
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.It Fl v , -verbose
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This option turns on verbose mode, which prints the compression
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ratio for each file compressed.
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.El
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT
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If the environment variable
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.Ev GZIP
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is set, it is parsed as a white-space separated list of options
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handled before any options on the command line.
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Options on the command line will override anything in
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.Ev GZIP .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr bzip2 1 ,
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.Xr compress 1 ,
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.Xr fts 3 ,
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.Xr zlib 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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program was originally written by Jean-loup Gailly, licensed under
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the GNU Public Licence.
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Matthew R. Green wrote a simple front end for
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.Nx 1.3
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distribution media, based on the freely re-distributable zlib library.
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It was enhanced to be mostly feature-compatible with the original
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GNU
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.Nm
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program for
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.Nx 2.0 .
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.Pp
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This manual documents
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.Nx
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.Nm
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version 2.1.
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The
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.Nx
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.Nm
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program was written by
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.An Matthew R. Green Aq mrg@eterna.com.au .
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.Sh BUGS
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The
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.Nx
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.Nm
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program does not print the compression ratio when not using files.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nx
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.Nm
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program depends on
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.Nx
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specific enhancements to the
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.Xr zlib 3
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library.
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