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diff --git a/src/scripts/xzdiff.1 b/src/scripts/xzdiff.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..24fed68 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/scripts/xzdiff.1 @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +.\" +.\" Original zdiff.1 for gzip: Jean-loup Gailly +.\" +.\" Modifications for XZ Utils: Lasse Collin +.\" Andrew Dudman +.\" +.\" License: GNU GPLv2+ +.\" +.TH XZDIFF 1 "2021-06-04" "Tukaani" "XZ Utils" +.SH NAME +xzcmp, xzdiff, lzcmp, lzdiff \- compare compressed files +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B xzcmp +.RI [ cmp_options "] " file1 " [" file2 ] +.br +.B xzdiff +.RI [ diff_options "] " file1 " [" file2 ] +.br +.B lzcmp +.RI [ cmp_options "] " file1 " [" file2 ] +.br +.B lzdiff +.RI [ diff_options "] " file1 " [" file2 ] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B xzcmp +and +.B xzdiff +invoke +.BR cmp (1) +or +.BR diff (1) +on files compressed with +.BR xz (1), +.BR lzma (1), +.BR gzip (1), +.BR bzip2 (1), +.BR lzop (1), +or +.BR zstd (1). +All options specified are passed directly to +.BR cmp (1) +or +.BR diff (1). +If only one file is specified, then the files compared are +.I file1 +(which must have a suffix of a supported compression format) and +.I file1 +from which the compression format suffix has been stripped. +If two files are specified, +then they are uncompressed if necessary and fed to +.BR cmp (1) +or +.BR diff (1). +The exit status from +.BR cmp (1) +or +.BR diff (1) +is preserved unless a decompression error occurs; then exit status is 2. +.PP +The names +.B lzcmp +and +.B lzdiff +are provided for backward compatibility with LZMA Utils. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR cmp (1), +.BR diff (1), +.BR xz (1), +.BR gzip (1), +.BR bzip2 (1), +.BR lzop (1), +.BR zstd (1), +.BR zdiff (1) +.SH BUGS +Messages from the +.BR cmp (1) +or +.BR diff (1) +programs refer to temporary filenames instead of those specified. |