Add documentation for recursive mode

man/lrz.1.pod

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #   Copyright
 #
-#      Copyright (C) 2015 Con Kolivas
+#      Copyright (C) 2016 Con Kolivas
 #
 #   License
 #
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ lrz - gzip compatible command line variant of lrzip
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-lrz is identical to the lrzip application however its command line options are
-made to be as compatible with gzip as possible.
+lrz is identical to the lrzip application however its command line options and
+behaviour are made to be as compatible with gzip as possible.
 
 =head1 OPTIONS
 
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ General options:
         -i, --info              show compressed file information
         -L, --license           display software version and license
         -P, --progress          show compression progress
+        -r, --recursive         operate recursively on directories
         -t, --test              test compressed file integrity
-        -v[v], --verbose        Increase verbosity
+        -v[vv], --verbose       Increase verbosity
         -V, --version           show version
 Options affecting output:
         -f, --force             force overwrite of any existing files

man/lrzip.1

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "lrzip" "1" "April 2015" "" ""
+.TH "lrzip" "1" "June 2016" "" ""
 .SH "NAME"
 lrzip \- a large-file compression program
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ General options:
  \-H, \-\-hash              display md5 hash integrity information
  \-i, \-\-info              show compressed file information
  \-q, \-\-quiet             don't show compression progress
+ \-r, \-\-recursive         operate recursively on directories
  \-t, \-\-test              test compressed file integrity
  \-v[v], \-\-verbose        Increase verbosity
  \-V, \-\-version           show version
@@ -140,6 +141,13 @@ bursts with lzma compression which is the default compression. This means
 that it will progress very rapidly for short periods and then stop for
 long periods.
 .IP
+.IP "\fB-r\fP"
+If this option is specified, lrzip will recursively enter the directories
+specified, compressing or decompressing every file individually in the same
+directory. Note for better compression it is recommended to instead combine
+files in a tar file rather than compress them separately, either manually
+or with the lrztar helper.
+.IP
 .IP "\fB-t\fP"
 This tests the compressed file integrity. It does this by decompressing it
 to a temporary file and then deleting it.