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1 | .TH ZNEW 1 |
| 2 | .SH NAME | |
| 3 | znew \- recompress .Z files to .gz files | |
| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 5 | .B znew | |
| 6 | [ -ftv9PK] [ name.Z ... ] | |
| 7 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 8 | .I Znew | |
| 9 | recompresses files from .Z (compress) format to .gz (gzip) format. | |
| 10 | .SH OPTIONS | |
| caed0dfe | 11 | .TP |
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12 | .B \-f |
| 13 | Force recompression from .Z to .gz format even if a .gz file already exists. | |
| 14 | .TP | |
| 15 | .B \-t | |
| 16 | Tests the new files before deleting originals. | |
| 17 | .TP | |
| 18 | .B \-v | |
| 19 | Verbose. Display the name and percentage reduction for each file compressed. | |
| 20 | .TP | |
| 21 | .B \-9 | |
| 22 | Use the slowest compression method (optimal compression). | |
| 23 | .TP | |
| 24 | .B \-P | |
| 25 | Use pipes for the conversion to reduce disk space usage. | |
| 26 | .TP | |
| 27 | .B \-K | |
| 28 | Keep a .Z file when it is smaller than the .gz file | |
| 29 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| caed0dfe | 30 | gzip(1), zmore(1), zdiff(1), zgrep(1), zforce(1), gzexe(1), compress(1) |
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31 | .SH BUGS |
| 32 | .I Znew | |
| 33 | does not maintain the time stamp with the -P option if | |
| 34 | .I cpmod(1) | |
| 35 | is not available and | |
| 36 | .I touch(1) | |
| 37 | does not support the -r option. |