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diff --git a/upstream/debian-unstable/man1/zdiff.1 b/upstream/debian-unstable/man1/zdiff.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..037b582c --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/debian-unstable/man1/zdiff.1 @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +.TH ZDIFF 1 +.SH NAME +zcmp, zdiff \- compare compressed files +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B zcmp +[ cmp_options ] file1 +[ file2 ] +.br +.B zdiff +[ diff_options ] file1 +[ file2 ] +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.B zcmp +and +.B zdiff +commands +are used to invoke the +.B cmp +or the +.B diff +program on files compressed via +.BR gzip "." +All options specified are passed directly to +.B cmp +or +.BR diff "." +If only +.I file1 +is specified, it is compared to the uncompressed contents of +.IB file1 ".gz" . +If two files are specified, their contents (uncompressed if necessary) are fed to +.B cmp +or +.BR diff "." +The input files are not modified. +The exit status from +.B cmp +or +.B diff +is preserved. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +cmp(1), diff(1), zmore(1), zgrep(1), znew(1), zforce(1), gzip(1), gzexe(1) +.SH BUGS +Messages from the +.B cmp +or +.B diff +programs may refer to file names such as "\-" instead of to the file +names specified. |