chapter06/gzip.xml

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   7
   8 <sect1 id="ch-system-gzip" role="wrap">
   9   <?dbhtml filename="gzip.html"?>
  10
  11   <sect1info condition="script">
  12     <productname>gzip</productname>
  13     <productnumber>&gzip-version;</productnumber>
  14     <address>&gzip-url;</address>
  15   </sect1info>
  16
  17   <title>Gzip-&gzip-version;</title>
  18
  19   <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip">
  20     <primary sortas="a-Gzip">Gzip</primary>
  21   </indexterm>
  22
  23   <sect2 role="package">
  24     <title/>
  25
  26     <para>The Gzip package contains programs for compressing and decompressing
  27     files.</para>
  28
  29     <segmentedlist>
  30       <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
  31       <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
  32
  33       <seglistitem>
  34         <seg>&gzip-ch6-sbu;</seg>
  35         <seg>&gzip-ch6-du;</seg>
  36       </seglistitem>
  37     </segmentedlist>
  38
  39   </sect2>
  40
  41   <sect2 role="installation">
  42     <title>Installation of Gzip</title>
  43
  44     <para>Prepare Gzip for compilation:</para>
  45
  46 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin</userinput></screen>
  47
  48     <para>Compile the package:</para>
  49
  50 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
  51
  52     <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
  53
  54 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
  55
  56     <para>Install the package:</para>
  57
  58 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
  59
  60     <para>Move some programs that do not need to be on the root filesystem:</para>
  61
  62 <screen><userinput remap="install">mv -v /bin/{gzexe,uncompress,zcmp,zdiff,zegrep} /usr/bin
  63 mv -v /bin/{zfgrep,zforce,zgrep,zless,zmore,znew} /usr/bin</userinput></screen>
  64
  65   </sect2>
  66
  67   <sect2 id="contents-gzip" role="content">
  68     <title>Contents of Gzip</title>
  69
  70     <segmentedlist>
  71       <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
  72
  73       <seglistitem>
  74         <seg>gunzip, gzexe, gzip, uncompress, zcat, zcmp, zdiff, zegrep, zfgrep,
  75         zforce, zgrep, zless, zmore, and znew</seg>
  76       </seglistitem>
  77     </segmentedlist>
  78
  79     <variablelist>
  80       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
  81       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
  82       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
  83
  84       <varlistentry id="gunzip">
  85         <term><command>gunzip</command></term>
  86         <listitem>
  87           <para>Decompresses gzipped files</para>
  88           <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip gunzip">
  89             <primary sortas="b-gunzip">gunzip</primary>
  90           </indexterm>
  91         </listitem>
  92       </varlistentry>
  93
  94       <varlistentry id="gzexe">
  95         <term><command>gzexe</command></term>
  96         <listitem>
  97           <para>Creates self-decompressing executable files</para>
  98           <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip gzexe">
  99             <primary sortas="b-gzexe">gzexe</primary>
 100           </indexterm>
 101         </listitem>
 102       </varlistentry>
 103
 104       <varlistentry id="gzip">
 105         <term><command>gzip</command></term>
 106         <listitem>
 107           <para>Compresses the given files using Lempel-Ziv (LZ77) coding</para>
 108           <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip gzip">
 109             <primary sortas="b-gzip">gzip</primary>
 110           </indexterm>
 111         </listitem>
 112       </varlistentry>
 113
 114       <varlistentry id="uncompress">
 115         <term><command>uncompress</command></term>
 116         <listitem>
 117           <para>Decompresses compressed files</para>
 118           <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip uncompress">
 119             <primary sortas="b-uncompress">uncompress</primary>
 120           </indexterm>
 121         </listitem>
 122       </varlistentry>
 123
 124       <varlistentry id="zcat">
 125         <term><command>zcat</command></term>
 126         <listitem>
 127           <para>Decompresses the given gzipped files to standard output</para>
 128           <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zcat">
 129             <primary sortas="b-zcat">zcat</primary>
 130           </indexterm>
 131         </listitem>
 132       </varlistentry>
 133
 134       <varlistentry id="zcmp">
 135         <term><command>zcmp</command></term>
 136         <listitem>
 137           <para>Runs <command>cmp</command> on gzipped files</para>
 138           <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zcmp">
 139             <primary sortas="b-zcmp">zcmp</primary>
 140           </indexterm>
 141         </listitem>
 142       </varlistentry>
 143
 144       <varlistentry id="zdiff">
 145         <term><command>zdiff</command></term>
 146         <listitem>
 147           <para>Runs <command>diff</command> on gzipped files</para>
 148           <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zdiff">
 149             <primary sortas="b-zdiff">zdiff</primary>
 150           </indexterm>
 151         </listitem>
 152       </varlistentry>
 153
 154       <varlistentry id="zegrep">
 155         <term><command>zegrep</command></term>
 156         <listitem>
 157           <para>Runs <command>egrep</command> on gzipped files</para>
 158           <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zegrep">
 159             <primary sortas="b-zegrep">zegrep</primary>
 160           </indexterm>
 161         </listitem>
 162       </varlistentry>
 163
 164       <varlistentry id="zfgrep">
 165         <term><command>zfgrep</command></term>
 166         <listitem>
 167           <para>Runs <command>fgrep</command> on gzipped files</para>
 168           <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zfgrep">
 169             <primary sortas="b-zfgrep">zfgrep</primary>
 170           </indexterm>
 171         </listitem>
 172       </varlistentry>
 173
 174       <varlistentry id="zforce">
 175         <term><command>zforce</command></term>
 176         <listitem>
 177           <para>Forces a <filename class="extension">.gz</filename> extension on
 178           all given files that are gzipped files, so that <command>gzip</command>
 179           will not compress them again; this can be useful when file names were
 180           truncated during a file transfer</para>
 181           <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zforce">
 182             <primary sortas="b-zforce">zforce</primary>
 183           </indexterm>
 184         </listitem>
 185       </varlistentry>
 186
 187       <varlistentry id="zgrep">
 188         <term><command>zgrep</command></term>
 189         <listitem>
 190           <para>Runs <command>grep</command> on gzipped files</para>
 191           <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zgrep">
 192             <primary sortas="b-zgrep">zgrep</primary>
 193           </indexterm>
 194         </listitem>
 195       </varlistentry>
 196
 197       <varlistentry id="zless">
 198         <term><command>zless</command></term>
 199         <listitem>
 200           <para>Runs <command>less</command> on gzipped files</para>
 201           <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zless">
 202             <primary sortas="b-zless">zless</primary>
 203           </indexterm>
 204         </listitem>
 205       </varlistentry>
 206
 207       <varlistentry id="zmore">
 208         <term><command>zmore</command></term>
 209         <listitem>
 210           <para>Runs <command>more</command> on gzipped files</para>
 211           <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip zmore">
 212             <primary sortas="b-zmore">zmore</primary>
 213           </indexterm>
 214         </listitem>
 215       </varlistentry>
 216
 217       <varlistentry id="znew">
 218         <term><command>znew</command></term>
 219         <listitem>
 220           <para>Re-compresses files from <command>compress</command> format to
 221           <command>gzip</command> format&mdash;<filename
 222           class="extension">.Z</filename> to <filename
 223           class="extension">.gz</filename></para>
 224           <indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip znew">
 225             <primary sortas="b-znew">znew</primary>
 226           </indexterm>
 227         </listitem>
 228       </varlistentry>
 229
 230     </variablelist>
 231
 232   </sect2>
 233
 234 </sect1>