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authortjr <tjr@FreeBSD.org>2002-05-17 00:58:07 +0000
committertjr <tjr@FreeBSD.org>2002-05-17 00:58:07 +0000
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Use exit status 2 to indicate that the file was not compressed because
its size would not be reduced (SUSv3).
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@@ -150,6 +150,13 @@ coding (as used in the historical command compact), and takes less
time to compute.
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Ex -std compress uncompress
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm compress
+utility exits 2 if attempting to compress the file would not reduce its size
+and the
+.Fl f
+option was not specified.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr gunzip 1 ,
.Xr gzexe 1 ,
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