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.\" Original zdiff.1 for gzip: Jean-loup Gailly | |
.\" | |
.\" Modifications for XZ Utils: Lasse Collin | |
.\" Andrew Dudman | |
.\" | |
.\" License: GNU GPLv2+ | |
.\" | |
.TH XZDIFF 1 "2021-06-04" "Tukaani" "XZ Utils" | |
.SH NAME | |
xzcmp, xzdiff, lzcmp, lzdiff \- compare compressed files | |
.SH SYNOPSIS | |
.B xzcmp | |
.RI [ cmp_options "] " file1 " [" file2 ] | |
.br | |
.B xzdiff | |
.RI [ diff_options "] " file1 " [" file2 ] | |
.br | |
.B lzcmp | |
.RI [ cmp_options "] " file1 " [" file2 ] | |
.br | |
.B lzdiff | |
.RI [ diff_options "] " file1 " [" file2 ] | |
.SH DESCRIPTION | |
.B xzcmp | |
and | |
.B xzdiff | |
invoke | |
.BR cmp (1) | |
or | |
.BR diff (1) | |
on files compressed with | |
.BR xz (1), | |
.BR lzma (1), | |
.BR gzip (1), | |
.BR bzip2 (1), | |
.BR lzop (1), | |
or | |
.BR zstd (1). | |
All options specified are passed directly to | |
.BR cmp (1) | |
or | |
.BR diff (1). | |
If only one file is specified, then the files compared are | |
.I file1 | |
(which must have a suffix of a supported compression format) and | |
.I file1 | |
from which the compression format suffix has been stripped. | |
If two files are specified, | |
then they are uncompressed if necessary and fed to | |
.BR cmp (1) | |
or | |
.BR diff (1). | |
The exit status from | |
.BR cmp (1) | |
or | |
.BR diff (1) | |
is preserved unless a decompression error occurs; then exit status is 2. | |
.PP | |
The names | |
.B lzcmp | |
and | |
.B lzdiff | |
are provided for backward compatibility with LZMA Utils. | |
.SH "SEE ALSO" | |
.BR cmp (1), | |
.BR diff (1), | |
.BR xz (1), | |
.BR gzip (1), | |
.BR bzip2 (1), | |
.BR lzop (1), | |
.BR zstd (1), | |
.BR zdiff (1) | |
.SH BUGS | |
Messages from the | |
.BR cmp (1) | |
or | |
.BR diff (1) | |
programs refer to temporary filenames instead of those specified. | |