| 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" |
| 38 | cmp(1), diff(1), zmore(1), znew(1), zforce(1), gzip(1), gzexe(1) |
| 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. |