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diff --git a/src/scripts/xzdiff.1 b/src/scripts/xzdiff.1 index 7d4f6060..252d1cd3 100644 --- a/src/scripts/xzdiff.1 +++ b/src/scripts/xzdiff.1 @@ -1,7 +1,14 @@ -.\" Original file was take from gzip, thus this man page is under GNU GPLv2+. -.TH XZDIFF 1 "2009-04-13" "XZ Utils" +.\" +.\" Original zdiff.1 for gzip: Jean-loup Gailly +.\" +.\" Modifications for XZ Utils: Lasse Collin +.\" Andrew Dudman +.\" +.\" License: GNU GPLv2+ +.\" +.TH XZDIFF 1 "2009-07-05" "Tukaani" "XZ Utils" .SH NAME -xzcmp, xzdiff, lzcmp, lzdiff \- compare .xz and .lzma compressed files +xzcmp, xzdiff, lzcmp, lzdiff \- compare compressed files .SH SYNOPSIS .B xzcmp .RI [ cmp_options "] " file1 " [" file2 ] @@ -18,41 +25,50 @@ xzcmp, xzdiff, lzcmp, lzdiff \- compare .xz and .lzma compressed files .B xzcmp and .B xdiff -are used to invoke the +invoke .BR cmp (1) -or the +or .BR diff (1) -program on compressed files. All options specified are passed directly to +on files compressed with +.BR xz (1), +.BR lzma (1), +.BR gzip (1), +or +.BR bzip2 (1). +All options specified are passed directly to .B cmp or -.BR diff "." -If only 1 file is specified, then the files compared are +.BR diff . +If only one file is specified, then the files compared are .I file1 -(which must have .xz or .lzma suffix) and +(which must have a suffix of a supported compression format) and .I file1 -from which the .xz or .lzma suffix has been stripped. +from which the compression format suffix has been stripped. If two files are specified, then they are uncompressed if necessary and fed to -.B cmp +.BR cmp (1) or -.BR diff "." +.BR diff (1). The exit status from .B cmp or .B diff is preserved. -.SH AUTHORS -This manual page was ripped from -.BR zdiff (1) -shipped in gzip package. +.PP +The names +.B lzcmp +and +.B lzdiff +are provided for backward compatibility with LZMA Utils. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR cmp (1), .BR diff (1), -.BR xzmore(1), -.BR xzgrep(1), -.BR xz (1) +.BR xz (1), +.BR gzip (1), +.BR bzip2 (1), +.BR zdiff (1) .SH BUGS Messages from the -.B cmp +.BR cmp (1) or -.B diff +.BR diff (1) programs refer to temporary filenames instead of those specified. |