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| author | Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-09-24 22:29:16 +0000 |
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| committer | Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-09-24 22:29:16 +0000 |
| commit | 978d0bffc413b67ead9db2d2816b916cf3d502ca (patch) | |
| tree | 785d8d08754099e55a26599f8d5ccce81b456cb4 /appendixa/bzip2-desc.xml | |
| parent | aa497295b352d45ebe2e9d1eaa4a46c49e2cf521 (diff) | |
Changing the style of the command descriptions in appendix A.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2879 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/appendixa/bzip2-desc.xml b/appendixa/bzip2-desc.xml index 5a64b342b..cbd8171ab 100644 --- a/appendixa/bzip2-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/bzip2-desc.xml @@ -6,51 +6,36 @@ <sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title> -<sect4><title>bunzip2</title> -<para>bunzip2 decompresses files that are compressed with -bzip2.</para></sect4> - -<sect4><title>bzcat</title> -<para>bzcat (or bzip2 -dc) decompresses all specified files to the standard -output.</para></sect4> - -<sect4><title>bzcmp, bzdiff</title> -<para>bzcmp and bzdiff are used to invoke the cmp or the diff program on -bzip2 compressed files.</para></sect4> - -<sect4><title>bzegrep, bzfgrep, bzgrep</title> -<para>bzegrep, bzfgrep, and bzgrep invoke either egrep, fgrep, or grep -(respectively) on bzip2-compressed files.</para></sect4> - -<sect4><title>bzip2</title> -<para>bzip2 compresses files using the Burrows-Wheeler block sorting text -compression algorithm and Huffman coding. Compression is generally -considerably better than that achieved by more conventional LZ77/LZ78-based -compressors (such as the traditional <userinput>gzip</userinput> utility) -and approaches the performance of the PPM family of statistical -compressors.</para></sect4> - -<sect4><title>bzip2recover</title> -<para>bzip2recover recovers data from damaged bzip2 files.</para></sect4> - -<sect4><title>bzless</title> -<para>bzless is a filter which allows examination of compressed -or plain text files, one screenful at a time on a soft-copy -terminal, like less.</para></sect4> - -<sect4><title>bzmore</title> -<para>bzmore is a filter which allows examination of compressed -or plain text files, one screenful at a time on a soft-copy -terminal, like more.</para></sect4> +<para><command>bunzip2</command> decompresses bzipped files.</para> + +<para><command>bzcat</command> decompresses to standard output.</para> + +<para><command>bzcmp</command> runs cmp on bzipped files.</para> + +<para><command>bzdiff</command> runs diff on bzipped files.</para> + +<para><command>bzgrep</command> and friends run grep on bzipped files.</para> + +<para><command>bzip2</command> compresses files using the Burrows-Wheeler +block sorting text compression algorithm with Huffman coding. The compression +rate is generally considerably better than that achieved by more conventional +compressors using LZ77/LZ78, like <userinput>gzip</userinput>.</para> + +<para><command>bzip2recover</command> tries to recover data from damaged +bzip2 files.</para> + +<para><command>bzless</command> runs less on bzipped files.</para> + +<para><command>bzmore</command> runs more on bzipped files.</para> </sect3> <sect3><title>Library file descriptions</title> -<sect4><title>libbz2</title> -<para>libbz2 is the library for implementing lossless, block-sorting data -compression, using the Burrows-Wheeler algorithm.</para></sect4> +<para><command>libbz2</command> is the library implementing lossless, +block-sorting data compression, using the Burrows-Wheeler algorithm.</para> </sect3> </sect2> + |