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SYNOPSIS¶

DESCRIPTION¶

If no files are specified, recursive searches examine the current working directory, and nonrecursive searches read standard input.

The formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip and xz.

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.

Exit status is 0 if all compressed files verify OK, 1 if environmental problems (file not found, invalid flags, I/O errors, etc), 2 if any compressed file is corrupt or invalid.

OPTIONS¶

-h, --help

display this help and exit

-V, --version

output version information and exit

-M, --format=<list>

process only the formats in <list>

-N, --no-rcfile

don't read runtime configuration file

-O, --force-format=<fmt>

force given format (bz2, gz, lz, xz)

-q, --quiet

suppress all messages

-r, --recursive

operate recursively on directories

-R, --dereference-recursive

recursively follow symbolic links

-v, --verbose

be verbose (a 2nd -v gives more)

--bz2=<command>

set compressor and options for bzip2 format

--gz=<command>

set compressor and options for gzip format

--lz=<command>

set compressor and options for lzip format

--xz=<command>

set compressor and options for xz format

REPORTING BUGS¶

COPYRIGHT¶