GZNEW(1)GZNEW(1)NAMEgznew - recompress .Z files to .gz files
SYNOPSISgznew [ -ftv9PK] [ name.Z ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Gznew recompresses files from .Z (compress) format to .gz (gzip) for‐
mat. If you want to recompress a file already in gzip format, rename
the file to force a .Z extension then apply gznew.
OPTIONS-f Force recompression from .Z to .gz format even if a .gz file
already exists.
-t Tests the new files before deleting originals.
-v Verbose. Display the name and percentage reduction for each file
compressed.
-9 Use the slowest compression method (optimal compression).
-P Use pipes for the conversion to reduce disk space usage.
-K Keep a .Z file when it is smaller than the .gz file
SEE ALSOgzip(1), gzmore(1), gzdiff(1), gzgrep(1), gzforce(1), gzexe(1), com‐
press(1)BUGS
Gznew does not maintain the time stamp with the -P option if cpmod(1)
is not available and touch(1) does not support the -r option.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌────────────────────┬─────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│Availability │ SUNWgzip │
├────────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │ External │
└────────────────────┴─────────────────┘
NOTES
Source for gzip is available in the SUNWgzipS package.
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