Man page - znew(1)

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Package:  gzip
apt-get install gzip

Manuals in package:
• zless(1)
• gzexe(1)
• zmore(1)
• znew(1)
• uncompress(1)
• zcmp(1)
• gzip(1)
• zegrep(1)
• zgrep(1)
• zdiff(1)
• zcat(1)
• zforce(1)
• gunzip(1)
• zfgrep(1)
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Manual

ZNEW

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
BUGS

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NAME

znew - recompress .Z files to .gz files

SYNOPSIS

znew [ -ftv9PK] [ name.Z ... ]

DESCRIPTION

The Znew command recompresses files from .Z (compress) format to .gz (gzip) format. If you want to recompress a file already in gzip format, rename the file to force a .Z extension then apply znew.

OPTIONS

	-f		Force recompression from .Z to .gz format even if a .gz file already exists.
	-t		Tests the new files before deleting originals.
	-v		Verbose. Display the name and percentage reduction for each file compressed.
	-9		Use the slowest compression method (optimal compression).
	-P		Use pipes for the conversion to reduce disk space usage.
	-K		Keep a .Z file when it is smaller than the .gz file; implies -t .

SEE ALSO

gzip (1), zmore (1), zdiff (1), zgrep (1), zforce (1), gzexe (1), compress(1)

BUGS

If the -P option is used, znew does not maintain the timestamp if touch (1) does not support the -r option, and does not maintain permissions if chmod (1) does not support the --reference option.

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