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diff --git a/doc/zupdate.1 b/doc/zupdate.1 index f0025d7..955b8c5 100644 --- a/doc/zupdate.1 +++ b/doc/zupdate.1 @@ -1,19 +1,21 @@ .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.46.1. -.TH ZUPDATE "1" "February 2018" "zupdate (zutils) 1.7" "User Commands" +.TH ZUPDATE "1" "January 2019" "zupdate (zutils) 1.8" "User Commands" .SH NAME zupdate \- recompress bzip2, gzip, xz files to lzip format .SH SYNOPSIS .B zupdate [\fI\,options\/\fR] [\fI\,files\/\fR] .SH DESCRIPTION -Zupdate recompresses files from bzip2, gzip, and xz formats to lzip format. -The originals are compared with the new files and then deleted. +Zupdate recompresses files from bzip2, gzip, and xz formats to lzip +format. Each original is compared with the new file and then deleted. Only regular files with standard file name extensions are recompressed, -other files are ignored. -Compressed files are decompressed and then recompressed on the fly; no -temporary files are created. -The lzip format is chosen as destination because it is by far the most -appropriate for long\-term data archiving. +other files are ignored. Compressed files are decompressed and then +recompressed on the fly; no temporary files are created. The lzip format +is chosen as destination because it is the most appropriate for +long\-term data archiving. +.PP +If no files are specified, recursive searches examine the current +working directory, and nonrecursive searches do nothing. .PP If the lzip compressed version of a file already exists, the file is skipped unless the '\-\-force' option is given. In this case, if the @@ -54,6 +56,9 @@ suppress all messages \fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-recursive\fR operate recursively on directories .TP +\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-dereference\-recursive\fR +recursively follow symbolic links +.TP \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR be verbose (a 2nd \fB\-v\fR gives more) .TP @@ -76,7 +81,7 @@ Report bugs to zutils\-bug@nongnu.org .br Zutils home page: http://www.nongnu.org/zutils/zutils.html .SH COPYRIGHT -Copyright \(co 2018 Antonio Diaz Diaz. +Copyright \(co 2019 Antonio Diaz Diaz. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> .br This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. |