From 3e178b4edecfacf1d75a8e566d659be17cddf313 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Con Kolivas Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 16:17:11 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Add documentation for recursive mode --- man/lrz.1.pod | 9 +++++---- man/lrzip.1 | 10 +++++++++- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/lrz.1.pod b/man/lrz.1.pod index 2ac4746..3a795b9 100644 --- a/man/lrz.1.pod +++ b/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 diff --git a/man/lrzip.1 b/man/lrzip.1 index 741d461..1a12ce6 100644 --- a/man/lrzip.1 +++ b/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.