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| author | Daniel Baumann <mail@daniel-baumann.ch> | 2015-11-08 04:26:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <mail@daniel-baumann.ch> | 2015-11-08 04:26:11 +0000 |
| commit | 560efe7382b3ec435391d3f2fcda03cb08787ab9 (patch) | |
| tree | 082803f81c2cf83b8b859df041fb007d5e57a24b /doc/zutils.texinfo | |
| parent | Adding upstream version 1.0~rc7. (diff) | |
| download | zutils-560efe7382b3ec435391d3f2fcda03cb08787ab9.tar.xz zutils-560efe7382b3ec435391d3f2fcda03cb08787ab9.zip | |
Adding upstream version 1.0.upstream/1.0
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <mail@daniel-baumann.ch>
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/zutils.texinfo b/doc/zutils.texinfo index b5a2413..ed65997 100644 --- a/doc/zutils.texinfo +++ b/doc/zutils.texinfo @@ -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 |