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BZNEW(1) General Commands Manual BZNEW(1)

NAME

bznew - recompress .gz or .tgz files to .bz2 files

SYNOPSIS

bznew [ -ftv9PK] [ name.gz ... ]

DESCRIPTION

Bznew recompresses files from .gz (gzip) format to .bz2 (bzip2) format. If you want to recompress a file already in bzip2 format, rename the file to force a .bz2 extension then apply bznew.

OPTIONS

Force recompression from .gz to .bz2 format even if a .bz2 file already exists.
Tests the new files before deleting originals.
Verbose. Display the name and percentage reduction for each file compressed.
-9
Use the slowest compression method (optimal compression).
Use pipes for the conversion to reduce disk space usage.
Keep a .gz file when it is smaller than the .bz2 file

SEE ALSO

bzip2(1), gzip(1)

BUGS

Bznew does not maintain the time stamp with the -P option if cpmod(1) is not available and touch(1) does not support the -r option.