Ubuntu Manpage: comprez - safely (un)tar and (de)feather files and directories

NAME

       comprez - safely (un)tar and (de)feather files and directories

SYNOPSIS

       comprez [ -t | -T ] [ -v | -V ] [ -l | -L ] [ -gz | -z | -I | -lz | -xz | -Z | -zip | -jar
       ] [ -# ] [ -s suffix ] [ -m mode ] [ -p | -P ] [ -h ] [ -- ] file ...

DESCRIPTION

       Comprez is a simple, safe and convenient front-end  for  the  compress(1),  uncompress(1),
       gzip(1),  bzip2(1),  lzip(1), xz(1), tar(1), zip(1) and unzip(1) utilities for compressing
       and uncompressing files and directories.  It processes each of its arguments according  to
       the type of the file or directory given:

       If the argument is a plain file, then the file is compressed, ie, feathered.

       If  the  argument  is a compressed file with a name ending in .Z, .gz, .z, .bz2, .lz, .xz,
       .zip or .jar, then the file is uncompressed, ie, defeathered.

       If the argument is a directory, then the directory is archived into one tar  or  zip  file
       which is then compressed, ie, tarred and feathered.

       If   the   argument   is   a  compressed  tar  or  zip  archive  with  a  name  ending  in
       .{tar.,tar,ta,t}{Z,gz,z,bz2,lz,xz} or .{zip,jar}, then the  archive  is  uncompressed  and
       untarred, ie, untarred and defeathered.

       The  new compressed or uncompressed version will be in the same directory as the original.
       A compressed file is always uncompressed into a file with the same name sans  the  feather
       suffix.   A  compressed tar or zip archive is always unpacked into a subdirectory with the
       same name as the archive sans the tar and feather suffix, even  if  the  archive  did  not
       itself contain such a subdirectory.

OPTIONS

-- Interprets all following arguments as files instead of options.

-# Where # is a digit from 1 through 9. This option is passed on to gzip(1),
bzip2(1), lzip(1), xz(1) and zip(1) when feathering with them. --fast may be
used instead of -1 and --best instead of -9.

-gz Uses gzip(1) and a .gz compression suffix when feathering. Default.

-h Prints a helpful usage message.

-I Uses bzip2(1) and a .bz2 compression suffix when feathering.

-l Lists the file or directory name created resulting from each argument.

-L Does not report created files or directories. Default.

-lz Uses lzip(1) and a .lz compression suffix when feathering.

-xz Uses xz(1) and a .xz compression suffix when feathering.

-m mode Apply the given chmod(1) mode argument to any created tar and feather files.
Before this argument is applied, the files have the same read and write
permissions as the directories from which they were created. For security, the
default argument is go-rwx. If the mode is -, then no argument is applied. See
chmod(1) for all other allowable formats of this argument.

-p Preserves modes when untarring by giving the p flag to tar(1). Default.

-P Doesn't preserve modes when untarring by not giving the p flag to tar(1). This
option may be necessary on systems where ordinary users are allowed to run
chown(2).

-s suffix Creates tar and feather files using the given suffix style. The default suffix
style is .tgz. Note that the suffix style does not dictate the program used for
feathering nor the compression suffix.

-t Only lists the table of contents of the given files. Does not make any changes.

-T (Un)tars and (de)feathers the given files according to their type. Default.

-v Verbose output. For example, reports compression ratios when feathering.

-V Non-verbose output. Does not report compression ratios. Default. -q is a
synonym.

-z Uses gzip(1) and a .z compression suffix when feathering.

-Z Uses compress(1) and a .Z compression suffix when feathering.

-zip, -jar
Uses zip(1) and a .zip or .jar compression suffix when tarring and/or
feathering. The zip format combines tarring and feathering. WARNING: zip does
not preserve complete Unix filesystem information for the files it archives,
such as links, some permissions, etc. A tar(1)-based format should be used if
this is required.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       ZOPTS     This variable may be set to a string of  the  above  options  to  supersede  the
                 default  settings.  They may still be overridden by options given on the command
                 line.

       GZIP      This environment variable for gzip(1) is not passed on by comprez so that gzip's
                 behavior is standard and predictable.

       ZIPOPT, UNZIP
                 These  environment  variables  for zip(1) and unzip(1) are not passed on by z so
                 that their behavior is standard and predictable.

BUGS

       There should be an option to allow the use of another directory for temporary files needed
       during  the (un)tarring and (de)feathering processes.  This would make comprez more useful
       when the quota or disk is nearly full.

       There should be -k and -K options for keeping the original input files or not.

CAVEATS

       Comprez is written to work with gzip versions 1.2.3 and 1.2.4, bzip2  versions  0.9.0  and
       1.0.0,  Unix  zip version 2.0.1 and Unix unzip version 5.12.  Other versions will probably
       work safely, too, but should still be checked for compatibility.

       Every effort has been made to assure that the use of this program will  not  lead  to  the
       inappropriate  deletion  or  corruption  of  any  files.   However,  there  are  never any
       guarantees, so please use at your own risk.

VERSION

       2.7.3

AUTHOR

       Steve Kinzler, steve@kinzler.com, May 89/Jun 93/Aug 99/Dec 00

URL

       http://kinzler.com/me/z