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author | Lorry <lorry@roadtrain.codethink.co.uk> | 2012-01-10 11:25:59 +0000 |
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committer | Lorry <lorry@roadtrain.codethink.co.uk> | 2012-01-10 11:25:59 +0000 |
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diff --git a/bzdiff.1 b/bzdiff.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..adb7a8e --- /dev/null +++ b/bzdiff.1 @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +\"Shamelessly copied from zmore.1 by Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org> +\"for Debian GNU/Linux +.TH BZDIFF 1 +.SH NAME +bzcmp, bzdiff \- compare bzip2 compressed files +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B bzcmp +[ cmp_options ] file1 +[ file2 ] +.br +.B bzdiff +[ diff_options ] file1 +[ file2 ] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Bzcmp +and +.I bzdiff +are used to invoke the +.I cmp +or the +.I diff +program on bzip2 compressed files. All options specified are passed +directly to +.I cmp +or +.IR diff "." +If only 1 file is specified, then the files compared are +.I file1 +and an uncompressed +.IR file1 ".bz2." +If two files are specified, then they are uncompressed if necessary and fed to +.I cmp +or +.IR diff "." +The exit status from +.I cmp +or +.I diff +is preserved. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +cmp(1), diff(1), bzmore(1), bzless(1), bzgrep(1), bzip2(1) +.SH BUGS +Messages from the +.I cmp +or +.I diff +programs refer to temporary filenames instead of those specified. |