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diff --git a/usr.bin/gzip/zdiff.1 b/usr.bin/gzip/zdiff.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..52b5fbd --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/gzip/zdiff.1 @@ -0,0 +1,142 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: zdiff.1,v 1.5 2010/04/14 19:52:05 wiz Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: zdiff.1,v 1.2 2003/07/13 17:39:14 millert Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com> +.\" Copyright (c) 2010 Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@NetBSD.org> +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.\" Sponsored in part by the Defense Advanced Research Projects +.\" Agency (DARPA) and Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force +.\" Materiel Command, USAF, under agreement number F39502-99-1-0512. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.Dd May 23, 2011 +.Dt ZDIFF 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm zcmp , +.Nm zdiff +.Nd compare compressed files +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm zcmp +.Op Ar options +.Ar file +.Op Ar file2 +.Nm zdiff +.Op Ar options +.Ar file +.Op Ar file2 +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm zcmp +and +.Nm zdiff +are filters that invoke +.Xr cmp 1 +or +.Xr diff 1 +respectively to compare compressed files. +Any +.Ar options +that are specified are passed to +.Xr cmp 1 +or +.Xr diff 1 . +.Pp +If only +.Ar file1 +is specified, it is compared against a file with the same name, but +with the extension removed. +When both +.Ar file1 +or +.Ar file2 +are specified, either file may be compressed. +.Pp +Extensions handled by +.Xr gzip 1 : +.Bl -bullet -compact +.It +z, Z, +.It +gz, +.It +taz, +.It +tgz. +.El +.Pp +Extensions handled by +.Xr bzip2 1 : +.Bl -bullet -compact +.It +bz, +.It +bz2, +.It +tbz, +.It +tbz2. +.El +.Pp +Extensions handled by +.Xr xz 1 : +.Bl -bullet -compact +.It +lzma, +.It +xz, +.It +tlz, +.It +txz. +.El +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +.Bl -tag -width "TMPDIR" +.It Ev TMPDIR +Directory in which to place temporary files. +If unset, +.Pa /tmp +is used. +.El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width "/tmp/zdiff.XXXXXXXXXX" -compact +.It Pa /tmp/zcmp.XXXXXXXXXX +Temporary file for +.Nm zcmp . +.It Pa /tmp/zdiff.XXXXXXXXXX +Temporary file for +.Nm zdiff . +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr bzip2 1 , +.Xr cmp 1 , +.Xr diff 1 , +.Xr gzip 1 , +.Xr xz 1 +.Sh CAVEATS +.Nm zcmp +and +.Nm zdiff +rely solely on the file extension to determine what is, or is not, +a compressed file. +Consequently, the following are not supported as arguments: +.Bl -dash +.It +directories +.It +device special files +.It +filenames indicating the standard input +.Pq Dq \- +.El |