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| author | delphij <delphij@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-06-30 17:45:47 +0000 |
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| committer | delphij <delphij@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-06-30 17:45:47 +0000 |
| commit | 5cb2efe53094bce90bb19aca0b587af22d76f520 (patch) | |
| tree | e6f4eb9dd3664d1aec44a088441659d9e127c707 /usr.bin/gzip | |
| parent | 6b3068d93695809258d4455fbf0d390d833e63d5 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-5cb2efe53094bce90bb19aca0b587af22d76f520.zip FreeBSD-src-5cb2efe53094bce90bb19aca0b587af22d76f520.tar.gz | |
Make it clear that gzcat expects each argument to be separate files.
PR: docs/123010
Submitted by: Andrew Wright <andrewhw ieee org>
MFC after: 2 weeks
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/gzip')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/gzip/gzip.1 | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/gzip/gzip.1 b/usr.bin/gzip/gzip.1 index a50df2b..73e63e0 100644 --- a/usr.bin/gzip/gzip.1 +++ b/usr.bin/gzip/gzip.1 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ -.Dd June 6, 2007 +.Dd June 30, 2008 .Dt GZIP 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -72,10 +72,22 @@ When in compression mode, each will be replaced with another file with the suffix, set by the .Fl S Ar suffix option, added, if possible. +.Pp In decompression mode, each .Ar file will be checked for existence, as will the file with the suffix added. +Each +.Ar file +argument must contain a separate complete archive; +when multiple +.Ar files +are indicated, each is decompressed in turn. +.Pp +In the case of +.Nm gzcat +the resulting data is then concatenated in the manner of +.Xr cat 1 . .Pp If invoked as .Nm gunzip |
