From 5ec23f714e98407a6de25f6f40f125cc87b12908 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 15:04:27 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] doc: document gzip -l change * NEWS, doc/gzip.texi (Invoking gzip), gzip.1 (gunzip): Document recent change. --- doc/gzip.texi | 18 ------------------ gzip.1 | 11 ----------- 2 files changed, 29 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/gzip.texi b/doc/gzip.texi index abceb58..48b3485 100644 --- a/doc/gzip.texi +++ b/doc/gzip.texi @@ -300,14 +300,6 @@ ratio: compression ratio (0.0% if unknown) uncompressed_name: name of the uncompressed file @end example -The uncompressed size is given as @minus{}1 for files not in @command{gzip} -format, such as compressed @samp{.Z} files. To get the uncompressed size for -such a file, you can use: - -@example -zcat file.Z | wc -c -@end example - In combination with the @option{--verbose} option, the following fields are also displayed: @@ -323,16 +315,6 @@ With @option{--verbose}, the size totals and compression ratio for all files is also displayed, unless some sizes are unknown. With @option{--quiet}, the title and totals lines are not displayed. -The @command{gzip} format represents the input size modulo -@math{2^32}, so the uncompressed size and compression ratio are listed -incorrectly for uncompressed files 4 GiB and larger. To work around -this problem, you can use the following command to discover a large -uncompressed file's true size: - -@example -zcat file.gz | wc -c -@end example - @item --license @itemx -L Display the @command{gzip} license then quit. diff --git a/gzip.1 b/gzip.1 index 0ae9765..65dea22 100644 --- a/gzip.1 +++ b/gzip.1 @@ -492,17 +492,6 @@ detects that there is extra trailing garbage after the compressed data and emits a warning by default. You can use the --quiet option to suppress the warning. .SH BUGS -The gzip format represents the input size modulo 2^32, so the ---list option reports incorrect uncompressed sizes and compression -ratios for uncompressed files 4 GB and larger. To work around this -problem, you can use the following command to discover a large -uncompressed file's true size: - - zcat file.gz | wc -c - -The --list option reports sizes as -1 and crc as ffffffff if the -compressed file is on a non seekable media. - In some rare cases, the --best option gives worse compression than the default compression level (-6). On some highly redundant files, .B compress -- 2.27.0