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COMPRESS(1)							   COMPRESS(1)

NAME
       compress,  uncompress, zcat - compress a file using modified Lempel-Ziv
       coding

SYNOPSIS
       compress [-cdfv] [file] ...

OPTIONS
       -c   # Put output on stdout instead of on file.Z

       -d   # Decompress instead of compress

       -f   # Force output even if there is no saving

       -v   # Verbose mode

EXAMPLES
       compress <infile >outfile
			   # Compress 1 file

       compress x y z	   # Compress 3 files to x.Z, y.Z, and z.Z

       compress -d file.Z  # Decompress file.Z to file

DESCRIPTION
       The listed files (or stdin, if none are given) are compressed using the
       Ziv-Lempel  algorithm.	If  the	 output is smaller than the input, the
       output is put on file.Z or stdout if no files are listed.  If  compress
       is  linked to uncompress, the latter is the same as giving the -d flag.
       Similarly, a link to zcat decompresses to stdout.  The MINIX 3  version
       of  compress uses 13-bit compression.  This means that when compressing
       files on other systems for transmission to MINIX 3, be sure  that  only
       13-bit  compression  is	used.	On many systems, the default is 16-bit
       (too big).

SEE ALSO
       tar(1).

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