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