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1 | .TH ZDIFF 1 |
| 2 | .SH NAME | |
| 3 | zcmp, zdiff \- compare compressed files | |
| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 5 | .B zcmp | |
| 6 | [ cmp_options ] file1 | |
| 7 | [ file2 ] | |
| 8 | .br | |
| 9 | .B zdiff | |
| 10 | [ diff_options ] file1 | |
| 11 | [ file2 ] | |
| 12 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 13 | .I Zcmp | |
| 14 | and | |
| 15 | .I zdiff | |
| 16 | are used to invoke the | |
| 17 | .I cmp | |
| 18 | or the | |
| 19 | .I diff | |
| 20 | program on compressed files. All options specified are passed directly to | |
| 21 | .I cmp | |
| 22 | or | |
| 23 | .IR diff "." | |
| 24 | If only 1 file is specified, then the files compared are | |
| 25 | .I file1 | |
| 26 | and an uncompressed | |
| 27 | .IR file1 ".gz." | |
| 28 | If two files are specified, then they are uncompressed if necessary and fed to | |
| 29 | .I cmp | |
| 30 | or | |
| 31 | .IR diff "." | |
| 32 | The exit status from | |
| 33 | .I cmp | |
| 34 | or | |
| 35 | .I diff | |
| 36 | is preserved. | |
| 37 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| caed0dfe | 38 | cmp(1), diff(1), zmore(1), zgrep(1), znew(1), zforce(1), gzip(1), gzexe(1) |
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39 | .SH BUGS |
| 40 | Messages from the | |
| 41 | .I cmp | |
| 42 | or | |
| 43 | .I diff | |
| 44 | programs refer to temporary filenames instead of those specified. |