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diff --git a/Build/source/utils/gzip/gzip_5.html b/Build/source/utils/gzip/gzip_5.html deleted file mode 100644 index 1d92e6e1354..00000000000 --- a/Build/source/utils/gzip/gzip_5.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,104 +0,0 @@ -<HTML> -<HEAD> -<!-- Created by texi2html 1.56k from gzip.texi on 9 August 2001 --> - -<TITLE>Gzip User's Manual - 4. Advanced usage</TITLE> -</HEAD> -<BODY> -Go to the <A HREF="gzip_1.html">first</A>, <A HREF="gzip_4.html">previous</A>, <A HREF="gzip_6.html">next</A>, <A HREF="gzip_9.html">last</A> section, <A HREF="gzip_toc.html">table of contents</A>. -<P><HR><P> - - -<H1><A NAME="SEC7" HREF="gzip_toc.html#TOC7">4. Advanced usage</A></H1> -<P> -<A NAME="IDX5"></A> - - -<P> -Multiple compressed files can be concatenated. In this case, -<CODE>gunzip</CODE> will extract all members at once. If one member is -damaged, other members might still be recovered after removal of the -damaged member. Better compression can be usually obtained if all -members are decompressed and then recompressed in a single step. - - -<P> -This is an example of concatenating <CODE>gzip</CODE> files: - - - -<PRE> -gzip -c file1 > foo.gz -gzip -c file2 >> foo.gz -</PRE> - -<P> -Then - - - -<PRE> -gunzip -c foo -</PRE> - -<P> -is equivalent to - - - -<PRE> -cat file1 file2 -</PRE> - -<P> -In case of damage to one member of a <SAMP>`.gz'</SAMP> file, other members can -still be recovered (if the damaged member is removed). However, -you can get better compression by compressing all members at once: - - - -<PRE> -cat file1 file2 | gzip > foo.gz -</PRE> - -<P> -compresses better than - - - -<PRE> -gzip -c file1 file2 > foo.gz -</PRE> - -<P> -If you want to recompress concatenated files to get better compression, do: - - - -<PRE> -zcat old.gz | gzip > new.gz -</PRE> - -<P> -If a compressed file consists of several members, the uncompressed -size and CRC reported by the <SAMP>`--list'</SAMP> option applies to the last member -only. If you need the uncompressed size for all members, you can use: - - - -<PRE> -zcat file.gz | wc -c -</PRE> - -<P> -If you wish to create a single archive file with multiple members so -that members can later be extracted independently, use an archiver such -as <CODE>tar</CODE> or <CODE>zip</CODE>. GNU <CODE>tar</CODE> supports the <SAMP>`-z'</SAMP> -option to invoke <CODE>gzip</CODE> transparently. <CODE>gzip</CODE> is designed as a -complement to <CODE>tar</CODE>, not as a replacement. - - -<P><HR><P> -Go to the <A HREF="gzip_1.html">first</A>, <A HREF="gzip_4.html">previous</A>, <A HREF="gzip_6.html">next</A>, <A HREF="gzip_9.html">last</A> section, <A HREF="gzip_toc.html">table of contents</A>. -</BODY> -</HTML> |