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authorDaniel Baumann <mail@daniel-baumann.ch>2015-11-08 04:26:11 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <mail@daniel-baumann.ch>2015-11-08 04:26:11 +0000
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parentAdding upstream version 1.0~rc7. (diff)
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Adding upstream version 1.0.upstream/1.0
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <mail@daniel-baumann.ch>
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@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
@finalout
@c %**end of header
-@set UPDATED 8 April 2013
-@set VERSION 1.0-rc7
+@set UPDATED 31 May 2013
+@set VERSION 1.0
@dircategory Data Compression
@direntry
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ The supported formats are bzip2, gzip, lzip and xz.
Zcat, zcmp, zdiff, and zgrep are improved replacements for the shell
scripts provided with GNU gzip. Ztest is unique to zutils.
+NOTE: Bzip2 and lzip provide well-defined values of exit status, which
+makes them safe to use with zutils. Gzip and xz may return ambiguous
+warning values, making them less reliable backends for zutils.
+
@sp 1
Numbers given as arguments to options (positions, sizes) may be followed
by a multiplier and an optional @samp{B} for "byte".
@@ -211,7 +215,7 @@ corresponding decompressed file name (removes the extension from
@var{file1}).
@item
If @var{file1} is not compressed, compares @var{file1} to the
-uncompressed contents of @var{file1}.[bz2|gz|lz|xz] (the first one that
+uncompressed contents of @var{file1}.[lz|bz2|gz|xz] (the first one that
is found).
@item
If no suitable file is found, compares @var{file1} to data read from
@@ -303,7 +307,7 @@ corresponding decompressed file name (removes the extension from
@var{file1}).
@item
If @var{file1} is not compressed, compares @var{file1} to the
-uncompressed contents of @var{file1}.[bz2|gz|lz|xz] (the first one that
+uncompressed contents of @var{file1}.[lz|bz2|gz|xz] (the first one that
is found).
@item
If no suitable file is found, compares @var{file1} to data read from