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@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ 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 back ends for zutils. +FORMAT NOTE: If the "--format" option is given, the corresponding files +are passed to the decompressor without verifying their format, allowing +for example the processing of compress'd (.Z) files with gzip: +"zcmp --format=gz file.Z file.lz". + LANGUAGE NOTE: Uncompressed = not compressed = plain data; it may never have been compressed. Decompressed is used to refer to data which has undergone the process of decompression. |