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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/gzip-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/gzip-desc.xml b/appendixa/gzip-desc.xml index 4641e769e..e5f48fb6e 100644 --- a/appendixa/gzip-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/gzip-desc.xml @@ -6,46 +6,35 @@ <sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title> -<sect4><title>gunzip, uncompress</title> -<para>gunzip and uncompress decompress files which are compressed with -gzip.</para></sect4> +<para><command>gunzip</command> decompresses gzipped files.</para> -<sect4><title>gzexe</title> -<para>gzexe allows you to compress executables in place and have them -automatically uncompress and execute when they are run (at a penalty in -performance).</para></sect4> +<para><command>gzexe</command> is used to create self-uncompressing +executable files.</para> -<sect4><title>gzip</title> -<para>gzip reduces the size of the named files using -Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77).</para></sect4> +<para><command>gzip</command> compresses the given files, using +Lempel-Ziv (LZ77) coding.</para> -<sect4><title>zcat</title> -<para>zcat uncompresses, and writes to standard output, either a list of files -on the command line or a file being read from standard input.</para></sect4> +<para><command>zcat</command> uncompresses the given gzipped files to +standard output.</para> -<sect4><title>zcmp</title> -<para>zcmp invokes the cmp program on compressed files.</para></sect4> +<para><command>zcmp</command> runs cmp on gzipped files.</para> -<sect4><title>zdiff</title> -<para>zdiff invokes the diff program on compressed files.</para></sect4> +<para><command>zdiff</command> runs diff on gzipped files.</para> -<sect4><title>zforce</title> -<para>zforce forces a .gz extension on all gzip files so that gzip will not -compress them twice. This can be useful for files with names truncated -after a file transfer.</para></sect4> +<para><command>zforce</command> forces a .gz extension on all given files +that are gzipped files, so that gzip will not compress them again. This can be +useful when file names were truncated during a file transfer.</para> -<sect4><title>zgrep</title> -<para>zgrep invokes the grep program on compressed files.</para></sect4> +<para><command>zgrep</command> runs grep on gzipped files.</para> -<sect4><title>zmore</title> -<para>zmore is a filter which allows examination of compressed or plain text -files, one screen at a time on a soft-copy terminal (similar to the -more program).</para></sect4> +<para><command>zless</command> runs less on gzipped files.</para> -<sect4><title>znew</title> -<para>znew re-compresses files from .Z (compress) format to -.gz (gzip) format.</para></sect4> +<para><command>zmore</command> runs more on gzipped files.</para> + +<para><command>znew</command> recompresses files from compress format +to gzip format -- .Z to .gz.</para> </sect3> </sect2> + |