| .\" |
| .\" Original zdiff.1 for gzip: Jean-loup Gailly |
| .\" |
| .\" Modifications for XZ Utils: Lasse Collin |
| .\" Andrew Dudman |
| .\" |
| .\" License: GNU GPLv2+ |
| .\" |
| .TH XZDIFF 1 "2011-03-19" "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), |
| or |
| .BR lzop (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. |
| .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 zdiff (1) |
| .SH BUGS |
| Messages from the |
| .BR cmp (1) |
| or |
| .BR diff (1) |
| programs refer to temporary filenames instead of those specified. |
