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1.TH ZDIFF 1
2.SH NAME
3zcmp, zdiff \- compare compressed files
4.SH SYNOPSIS
5.B zcmp
6[ cmp_options ] file1
7[ file2 ]
8.br
9.B zdiff
10[ diff_options ] file1
11[ file2 ]
12.SH DESCRIPTION
13.I Zcmp
14and
15.I zdiff
16are used to invoke the
17.I cmp
18or the
19.I diff
20program on files compressed via
21.IR gzip "."
22All options specified are passed directly to
23.I cmp
24or
25.IR diff "."
26If only 1 file is specified, then the files compared are
27.I file1
28and an uncompressed
29.IR file1 ".gz."
30If two files are specified, then they are uncompressed if necessary and fed to
31.I cmp
32or
33.IR diff "."
34The exit status from
35.I cmp
36or
37.I diff
38is preserved.
39.SH "SEE ALSO"
40cmp(1), diff(1), zmore(1), zgrep(1), znew(1), zforce(1), gzip(1), gzexe(1)
41.SH BUGS
42Messages from the
43.I cmp
44or
45.I diff
46programs refer to temporary filenames instead of those specified.
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