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diff --git a/chapter08/gzip.xml b/chapter08/gzip.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5040f2e0b --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter08/gzip.xml @@ -0,0 +1,233 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> +<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> + %general-entities; +]> + +<sect1 id="ch-system-gzip" role="wrap"> + <?dbhtml filename="gzip.html"?> + + <sect1info condition="script"> + <productname>gzip</productname> + <productnumber>&gzip-version;</productnumber> + <address>&gzip-url;</address> + </sect1info> + + <title>Gzip-&gzip-version;</title> + + <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip"> + <primary sortas="a-Gzip">Gzip</primary> + </indexterm> + + <sect2 role="package"> + <title/> + + <para>The Gzip package contains programs for compressing and decompressing + files.</para> + + <segmentedlist> + <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> + <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> + + <seglistitem> + <seg>&gzip-fin-sbu;</seg> + <seg>&gzip-fin-du;</seg> + </seglistitem> + </segmentedlist> + + </sect2> + + <sect2 role="installation"> + <title>Installation of Gzip</title> + + <para>Prepare Gzip for compilation:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen> + + <para>Compile the package:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen> + + <para>To test the results, issue:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen> + + <para>Install the package:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen> + + <para>Move a program that needs to be on the root filesystem:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /usr/bin/gzip /bin</userinput></screen> + + </sect2> + + <sect2 id="contents-gzip" role="content"> + <title>Contents of Gzip</title> + + <segmentedlist> + <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> + + <seglistitem> + <seg>gunzip, gzexe, gzip, uncompress (hard link with gunzip), zcat, zcmp, + zdiff, zegrep, zfgrep, zforce, zgrep, zless, zmore, and znew</seg> + </seglistitem> + </segmentedlist> + + <variablelist> + <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> + <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> + <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> + + <varlistentry id="gunzip"> + <term><command>gunzip</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>Decompresses gzipped files</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip gunzip"> + <primary sortas="b-gunzip">gunzip</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="gzexe"> + <term><command>gzexe</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>Creates self-decompressing executable files</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip gzexe"> + <primary sortas="b-gzexe">gzexe</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="gzip"> + <term><command>gzip</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>Compresses the given files using Lempel-Ziv (LZ77) coding</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip gzip"> + <primary sortas="b-gzip">gzip</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="uncompress"> + <term><command>uncompress</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>Decompresses compressed files</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip uncompress"> + <primary sortas="b-uncompress">uncompress</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="zcat"> + <term><command>zcat</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>Decompresses the given gzipped files to standard output</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zcat"> + <primary sortas="b-zcat">zcat</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="zcmp"> + <term><command>zcmp</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>Runs <command>cmp</command> on gzipped files</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zcmp"> + <primary sortas="b-zcmp">zcmp</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="zdiff"> + <term><command>zdiff</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>Runs <command>diff</command> on gzipped files</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zdiff"> + <primary sortas="b-zdiff">zdiff</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="zegrep"> + <term><command>zegrep</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>Runs <command>egrep</command> on gzipped files</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zegrep"> + <primary sortas="b-zegrep">zegrep</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="zfgrep"> + <term><command>zfgrep</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>Runs <command>fgrep</command> on gzipped files</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zfgrep"> + <primary sortas="b-zfgrep">zfgrep</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="zforce"> + <term><command>zforce</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>Forces a <filename class="extension">.gz</filename> extension on + all given files that are gzipped files, so that <command>gzip</command> + will not compress them again; this can be useful when file names were + truncated during a file transfer</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zforce"> + <primary sortas="b-zforce">zforce</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="zgrep"> + <term><command>zgrep</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>Runs <command>grep</command> on gzipped files</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zgrep"> + <primary sortas="b-zgrep">zgrep</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="zless"> + <term><command>zless</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>Runs <command>less</command> on gzipped files</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zless"> + <primary sortas="b-zless">zless</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="zmore"> + <term><command>zmore</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>Runs <command>more</command> on gzipped files</para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zmore"> + <primary sortas="b-zmore">zmore</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry id="znew"> + <term><command>znew</command></term> + <listitem> + <para>Re-compresses files from <command>compress</command> format to + <command>gzip</command> format—<filename + class="extension">.Z</filename> to <filename + class="extension">.gz</filename></para> + <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip znew"> + <primary sortas="b-znew">znew</primary> + </indexterm> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + </variablelist> + + </sect2> + +</sect1> |