X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=gzip.info;h=21a2d9f31ffdbbd5083728e070f3a4e4811e4d9e;hb=c9eb602f6f5c10a521e7274640033f6a35deca1d;hp=ae999aec417ba89abaf708bf4e6e28c30bc7e56d;hpb=8ba3484138b5d1e72fd4ef49d27159263cb6bea6;p=gzip diff --git a/gzip.info b/gzip.info index ae999ae..21a2d9f 100644 --- a/gzip.info +++ b/gzip.info @@ -1,13 +1,6 @@ -This is gzip.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.7 from gzip.texi. +This is gzip.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.2 from gzip.texi. -INFO-DIR-SECTION Utilities -START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY -* gzip: (gzip). The gzip command for compressing files. -END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY - - This file documents the GNU `gzip' command for compressing files. - - This manual is for Gzip (version 1.3.5, 10 September 2006), and +This manual is for Gzip (version 1.3.5, 29 September 2002), and documents commands for compressing and decompressing data. Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @@ -25,6 +18,16 @@ documents commands for compressing and decompressing data. (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development." + +INFO-DIR-SECTION Individual utilities +START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY +* gzip: (gzip)Invoking gzip. Compress files. +END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY + +INFO-DIR-SECTION Utilities +START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY +* Gzip: (gzip). The gzip command for compressing files. +END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY  File: gzip.info, Node: Top, Up: (dir) @@ -32,9 +35,7 @@ File: gzip.info, Node: Top, Up: (dir) Compressing Files ***************** -This file documents the GNU `gzip' command for compressing files. - - This manual is for Gzip (version 1.3.5, 10 September 2006), and +This manual is for Gzip (version 1.3.5, 29 September 2002), and documents commands for compressing and decompressing data. Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ documents commands for compressing and decompressing data. (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU software. Copies published by the Free Software Foundation raise funds for GNU development." - + * Menu: * Overview:: Preliminary information. @@ -68,10 +69,10 @@ documents commands for compressing and decompressing data.  File: gzip.info, Node: Overview, Next: Sample, Up: Top -1 Overview -********** +Overview +******** -`gzip' reduces the size of the named files using Lempel-Ziv coding + `gzip' reduces the size of the named files using Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77). Whenever possible, each file is replaced by one with the extension `.gz', while keeping the same ownership modes, access and modification times. (The default extension is `-gz' for VMS, `z' for @@ -156,10 +157,10 @@ Format Specification version 1.3, Internet RFC 1951  File: gzip.info, Node: Sample, Next: Invoking gzip, Prev: Overview, Up: Top -2 Sample Output -*************** +Sample Output +************* -Here are some realistic examples of running `gzip'. + Here are some realistic examples of running `gzip'. This is the output of the command `gzip -h': @@ -198,10 +199,10 @@ destroying the original:  File: gzip.info, Node: Invoking gzip, Next: Advanced usage, Prev: Sample, Up: Top -3 Invoking `gzip' -***************** +Invoking `gzip' +*************** -The format for running the `gzip' program is: + The format for running the `gzip' program is: gzip OPTION ... @@ -304,15 +305,6 @@ The format for running the `gzip' program is: descend into the directory and compress all the files it finds there (or decompress them in the case of `gunzip'). -`--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 `rsync' program can take advantage of similarities - in the uncompressed input when syncronizing two files compressed - with this flag. `gunzip' cannot tell the difference between a - compressed file created with this option, and one created without - it. - `--suffix SUF' `-S SUF' Use suffix `SUF' instead of `.gz'. Any suffix can be given, but @@ -353,13 +345,13 @@ The format for running the `gzip' program is:  File: gzip.info, Node: Advanced usage, Next: Environment, Prev: Invoking gzip, Up: Top -4 Advanced usage -**************** +Advanced usage +************** -Multiple compressed files can be concatenated. In this case, `gunzip' -will extract all members at once. If one member is damaged, other -members might still be recovered after removal of the damaged member. -Better compression can be usually obtained if all members are + Multiple compressed files can be concatenated. In this case, +`gunzip' will extract all members at once. If one member is damaged, +other members might still be recovered after removal of the damaged +member. Better compression can be usually obtained if all members are decompressed and then recompressed in a single step. This is an example of concatenating `gzip' files: @@ -405,10 +397,10 @@ replacement.  File: gzip.info, Node: Environment, Next: Tapes, Prev: Advanced usage, Up: Top -5 Environment -************* +Environment +*********** -The environment variable `GZIP' can hold a set of default options for + The environment variable `GZIP' can hold a set of default options for `gzip'. These options are interpreted first and can be overwritten by explicit command line parameters. For example: @@ -422,16 +414,17 @@ avoid a conflict with the symbol set for invocation of the program.  File: gzip.info, Node: Tapes, Next: Problems, Prev: Environment, Up: Top -6 Using `gzip' on tapes -*********************** +Using `gzip' on tapes +********************* -When writing compressed data to a tape, it is generally necessary to pad -the output with zeroes up to a block boundary. When the data is read and -the whole block is passed to `gunzip' for decompression, `gunzip' -detects that there is extra trailing garbage after the compressed data -and emits a warning by default if the garbage contains nonzero bytes. -You have to use the `--quiet' option to suppress the warning. This -option can be set in the `GZIP' environment variable, as in: + When writing compressed data to a tape, it is generally necessary to +pad the output with zeroes up to a block boundary. When the data is +read and the whole block is passed to `gunzip' for decompression, +`gunzip' detects that there is extra trailing garbage after the +compressed data and emits a warning by default if the garbage contains +nonzero bytes. You have to use the `--quiet' option to suppress the +warning. This option can be set in the `GZIP' environment variable, as +in: for sh: GZIP="-q" tar -xfz --block-compress /dev/rst0 for csh: (setenv GZIP "-q"; tar -xfz --block-compress /dev/rst0) @@ -444,10 +437,10 @@ of `tar') is used for reading and writing compressed data on tapes.  File: gzip.info, Node: Problems, Next: Copying This Manual, Prev: Tapes, Up: Top -7 Reporting Bugs -**************** +Reporting Bugs +************** -If you find a bug in `gzip', please send electronic mail to + If you find a bug in `gzip', please send electronic mail to . Include the version number, which you can find by running `gzip -V'. Also include in your message the hardware and operating system, the compiler used to compile `gzip', a description of @@ -456,8 +449,8 @@ the bug behavior, and the input to `gzip' that triggered the bug.  File: gzip.info, Node: Copying This Manual, Next: Concept Index, Prev: Problems, Up: Top -Appendix A Copying This Manual -****************************** +Copying This Manual +******************* * Menu: @@ -466,14 +459,13 @@ Appendix A Copying This Manual  File: gzip.info, Node: GNU Free Documentation License, Up: Copying This Manual -A.1 GNU Free Documentation License -================================== +GNU Free Documentation License +============================== Version 1.1, March 2000 - Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA - + Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. @@ -823,10 +815,10 @@ A.1 GNU Free Documentation License you may choose any version ever published (not as a draft) by the Free Software Foundation. -A.1.1 ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents ----------------------------------------------------------- +ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents +---------------------------------------------------- -To use this License in a document you have written, include a copy of + To use this License in a document you have written, include a copy of the License in the document and put the following copyright and license notices just after the title page: @@ -852,36 +844,34 @@ permit their use in free software.  File: gzip.info, Node: Concept Index, Prev: Copying This Manual, Up: Top -Appendix B Concept Index -************************ +Concept Index +************* -[index] * Menu: -* bugs: Problems. (line 6) -* concatenated files: Advanced usage. (line 6) -* Environment: Environment. (line 6) +* bugs: Problems. +* concatenated files: Advanced usage. +* Environment: Environment. * FDL, GNU Free Documentation License: GNU Free Documentation License. - (line 6) -* invoking: Invoking gzip. (line 6) -* options: Invoking gzip. (line 6) -* overview: Overview. (line 6) -* sample: Sample. (line 6) -* tapes: Tapes. (line 6) +* invoking: Invoking gzip. +* options: Invoking gzip. +* overview: Overview. +* sample: Sample. +* tapes: Tapes.  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