From 6c7f7b2ed08fa742632ec389c9c7852e629c7bf2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2015 05:40:27 +0100 Subject: Adding upstream version 1.4~pre2. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- README | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 6e7c11d..8369e27 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -22,17 +22,21 @@ 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". +FORMAT NOTE: The "--format" option allows the processing of a subset of +formats in search and recursive modes: +"zgrep foo -r --format=bz2,lz somedir". + +FORMAT NOTE 2: If the "--force-format" option is given, the files are +passed to the corresponding decompressor without verifying their format, +allowing for example the processing of compress'd (.Z) files with gzip: +"zcmp --force-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. -Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Antonio Diaz Diaz. +Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Antonio Diaz Diaz. This file is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it. -- cgit v1.2.3