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Manual Reference Pages  - ZNEW (1)

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znew - recompress .Z files to .gz files

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Synopsis
Description
Options
Bugs

znew [ -ftv9PK] [ name.Z ... ]

Znew recompresses files from .Z (compress) format to .gz (gzip) format. If you want to recompress a file already in gzip format, rename the file to force a .Z extension then apply znew.

-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

gzip(1), zmore(1), zdiff(1), zgrep(1), zforce(1), gzexe(1), compress(1)

Znew 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.

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