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diff --git a/doc/man/txt/xzdiff.txt b/doc/man/txt/xzdiff.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..681b00c --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/man/txt/xzdiff.txt @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +XZDIFF(1) XZ Utils XZDIFF(1) + + + +NAME + xzcmp, xzdiff, lzcmp, lzdiff - compare compressed files + +SYNOPSIS + xzcmp [cmp_options] file1 [file2] + xzdiff [diff_options] file1 [file2] + lzcmp [cmp_options] file1 [file2] + lzdiff [diff_options] file1 [file2] + +DESCRIPTION + xzcmp and xzdiff invoke cmp(1) or diff(1) on files compressed with + xz(1), lzma(1), gzip(1), bzip2(1), lzop(1), or zstd(1). All options + specified are passed directly to cmp(1) or diff(1). If only one file + is specified, then the files compared are file1 (which must have a suf- + fix of a supported compression format) and file1 from which the com- + pression format suffix has been stripped. If two files are specified, + then they are uncompressed if necessary and fed to cmp(1) or diff(1). + The exit status from cmp(1) or diff(1) is preserved unless a decompres- + sion error occurs; then exit status is 2. + + The names lzcmp and lzdiff are provided for backward compatibility with + LZMA Utils. + +SEE ALSO + cmp(1), diff(1), xz(1), gzip(1), bzip2(1), lzop(1), zstd(1), zdiff(1) + +BUGS + Messages from the cmp(1) or diff(1) programs refer to temporary file- + names instead of those specified. + + + +Tukaani 2021-06-04 XZDIFF(1) |