COMPRESSDIR(1)COMPRESSDIR(1)NAME
compressdir, uncompressdir - compress and uncompress directories of
files
SYNOPSIScompressdir [ flags ] [ directory ... ]
uncompressdir [ flags ] [ directory ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Recursively decends each specified directory and compresses each file.
Each file is replaced by a file with the extension .Z, but only if the
file got smaller. If no directories are specified, the compression is
applied to all files starting with the current directory. Compressed
files can be restored to their original form by running uncompressdir
on the directories.
The flags specified are passed to the compress(1) program.
SEE ALSOcompress(1)
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