| \"Shamelessly copied from zmore.1 by Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org> | |
| \"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. | |