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17.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
18.Dt ZNEW 1
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm znew
22.Nd convert compressed files to gzipped files
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24.Nm
25.Op Fl 9fKtv
26.Ar
27.Sh DESCRIPTION
28The
29.Nm
30utility uncompresses files compressed by
31.Xr compress 1
32and recompresses them with
33.Xr gzip 1 .
34.Pp
35The options are as follows:
36.Bl -tag -width Ds
37.It Fl 9
38Use the -9 mode of
39.Xr gzip 1 ,
40achieving better compression at the cost of slower execution.
41.It Fl f
42Overwrite existing
43.Sq .gz
44files.
45Unless this option is specified,
46.Nm
47refuses to overwrite existing files.
48.It Fl K
49Keep the original
50.Sq .Z
51file if it uses less disk blocks than the gzipped one.
52A disk block is 1024 bytes.
53.It Fl t
54Test integrity of the gzipped file before deleting the original file.
55If the integrity check fails, the original
56.Sq .Z
57file is not removed.
58.It Fl v
59Print a report specifying the achieved compression ratios.
60.El
61.Sh SEE ALSO
62.Xr compress 1 ,
63.Xr gzip 1
64.Sh CAVEATS
65The
66.Nm
67utility tries to maintain the file mode of the original file.
68If the original file is not writable, it will be unable to do so and
69.Nm
70will print a warning.
71