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\"Shamelessly copied from zmore.1 by Philippe Troin <[email protected]> | |
\"for Debian GNU/Linux | |
.TH BZDIFF 1 | |
.SH NAME | |
bzcmp, bzdiff \- compare bzip2 compressed files | |
.SH SYNOPSIS | |
.B bzcmp | |
[ cmp_options ] file1 | |
[ file2 ] | |
.br | |
.B bzdiff | |
[ diff_options ] file1 | |
.SH DESCRIPTION | |
.I Bzcmp | |
and | |
.I bzdiff | |
are used to invoke the | |
.I cmp | |
or the | |
.I diff | |
program on bzip2 compressed files. All options specified are passed | |
directly to | |
.I cmp | |
or | |
.IR diff "." | |
If only 1 file is specified, then the files compared are | |
.I file1 | |
and an uncompressed | |
.IR file1 ".bz2." | |
If two files are specified, then they are uncompressed if necessary and fed to | |
.I cmp | |
or | |
.IR diff "." | |
The exit status from | |
.I cmp | |
or | |
.I diff | |
is preserved. | |
.SH "SEE ALSO" | |
cmp(1), diff(1), bzmore(1), bzless(1), bzgrep(1), bzip2(1) | |
.SH BUGS | |
Messages from the | |
.I cmp | |
or | |
.I diff | |
programs refer to temporary filenames instead of those specified. | |