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@@ -4,15 +4,20 @@ Zutils is a collection of utilities able to deal with any combination of
compressed and non-compressed files transparently. If any given file,
including standard input, is compressed, its uncompressed content is
used. Compressed files are decompressed on the fly; no temporary files
-are created. These utilities are not wrapper scripts but safer and more
-efficient C++ programs. In particular the "--recursive" option is very
-efficient in those utilities supporting it.
+are created.
+
+These utilities are not wrapper scripts but safer and more efficient C++
+programs. In particular the "--recursive" option is very efficient in
+those utilities supporting it.
The provided utilities are zcat, zcmp, zdiff, zgrep and ztest.
-The supported compressors are bzip2, gzip, lzip and xz.
+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.
-Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
This file is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy,
distribute and modify it.