ZNEW(1) ZNEW(1)
NAME
znew - recompress .Z files to .gz files
SYNOPSIS
znew [ -ftv9PK] [ name.Z ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Znew recompresses files from .Z (compress) format to .gz (gzip) format.
If you want to recompress a file(1,n) already in(1,8) gzip format, rename(1,2,n) the
file(1,n) to force a .Z extension then apply znew.
OPTIONS
-f Force recompression from .Z to .gz format even if(3,n) a .gz file(1,n)
already exists.
-t Tests the new files before deleting originals.
-v Verbose. Display the name and percentage reduction for each file(1,n)
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(1,n) when it is smaller than the .gz file(1,n)
SEE ALSO
gzip(1), zmore(1), zdiff(1), zgrep(1), zforce(1), gzexe(1), compress(1)
BUGS
Znew does not maintain the time(1,2,n) stamp with the -P option if(3,n) cpmod(1) is
not available and touch(1) does not support the -r option.
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