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| 1 | .TH ZNEW 1 | 
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| 2 | .SH NAME | 
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| 3 | znew \-   recompress .Z files to .gz files | 
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| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS | 
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| 5 | .B znew | 
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| 6 | [ -ftv9PK] [ name.Z ...  ] | 
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| 7 | .SH DESCRIPTION | 
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| 8 | .I  Znew | 
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| 9 | recompresses files from .Z (compress) format to .gz (gzip) format. | 
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| 10 | If you want to recompress a file already in gzip format, rename the file | 
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| 11 | to force a .Z extension then apply znew. | 
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| 12 | .SH OPTIONS | 
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| 13 | .TP | 
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| 14 | .B \-f | 
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| 15 | Force recompression from .Z to .gz format even if a .gz file already exists. | 
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| 16 | .TP | 
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| 17 | .B \-t | 
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| 18 | Tests the new files before deleting originals. | 
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| 19 | .TP | 
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| 20 | .B \-v | 
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| 21 | Verbose. Display the name and percentage reduction for each file compressed. | 
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| 22 | .TP | 
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| 23 | .B \-9 | 
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| 24 | Use the slowest compression method (optimal compression). | 
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| 25 | .TP | 
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| 26 | .B \-P | 
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| 27 | Use pipes for the conversion to reduce disk space usage. | 
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| 28 | .TP | 
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| 29 | .B \-K | 
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| 30 | Keep a .Z file when it is smaller than the .gz file | 
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| 31 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | 
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| 32 | gzip(1), zmore(1), zdiff(1), zgrep(1), zforce(1), gzexe(1), compress(1) | 
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| 33 | .SH BUGS | 
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| 34 | .I Znew | 
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| 35 | does not maintain the time stamp with the -P option if | 
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| 36 | .I cpmod(1) | 
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| 37 | is not available and | 
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| 38 | .I touch(1) | 
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| 39 | does not support the -r option. | 
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