.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.47.16. .TH ZTEST "1" "January 2023" "zutils 1.12" "User Commands" .SH NAME ztest \- verify the integrity of compressed files .SH SYNOPSIS .B ztest [\fI\,options\/\fR] [\fI\,files\/\fR] .SH DESCRIPTION ztest verifies the integrity of the compressed files specified. It also warns if an uncompressed file has a compressed file name extension, or if a compressed file has a wrong compressed extension. Uncompressed files are otherwise ignored. If a file is specified as '\-', the integrity of compressed data read from standard input is verified. Data read from standard input must be all in the same compressed format. If a file fails to decompress, does not exist, can't be opened, or is a terminal, ztest continues verifying the rest of the files. A final diagnostic is shown at verbosity level 1 or higher if any file fails the test when testing multiple files. .PP If no files are specified, recursive searches examine the current working directory, and nonrecursive searches read standard input. .PP The formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, xz, and zstd. .PP Note that error detection in the xz format is broken. First, some xz files lack integrity information. Second, not all xz decompressors can verify the integrity of all xz files. Third, section 2.1.1.2 'Stream Flags' of the xz format specification allows xz decompressors to produce garbage output without issuing any warning. Therefore, xz files can't always be verified as reliably as files in the other formats can. .PP Exit status is 0 if all compressed files verify OK, 1 if environmental problems (file not found, invalid command line options, I/O errors, etc), 2 if any compressed file is corrupt or invalid, or if any file has an incorrect file name extension. .SH OPTIONS .TP \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR display this help and exit .TP \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR output version information and exit .TP \fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-format=\fR process only the formats in .TP \fB\-N\fR, \fB\-\-no\-rcfile\fR don't read runtime configuration file .TP \fB\-O\fR, \fB\-\-force\-format=\fR force the input format .TP \fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR suppress all messages .TP \fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-recursive\fR operate recursively on directories .TP \fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-dereference\-recursive\fR recursively follow symbolic links .TP \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR be verbose (a 2nd \fB\-v\fR gives more) .TP \fB\-\-bz2=\fR set compressor and options for bzip2 format .TP \fB\-\-gz=\fR set compressor and options for gzip format .TP \fB\-\-lz=\fR set compressor and options for lzip format .TP \fB\-\-xz=\fR set compressor and options for xz format .TP \fB\-\-zst=\fR set compressor and options for zstd format .PP Valid formats for options '\-M' and '\-O' are 'bz2', 'gz', 'lz', 'xz', and 'zst'. .SH "REPORTING BUGS" Report bugs to zutils\-bug@nongnu.org .br Zutils home page: http://www.nongnu.org/zutils/zutils.html .SH COPYRIGHT Copyright \(co 2023 Antonio Diaz Diaz. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later .br This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. .SH "SEE ALSO" The full documentation for .B ztest is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the .B info and .B ztest programs are properly installed at your site, the command .IP .B info zutils .PP should give you access to the complete manual.