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diff --git a/man-pages-posix-2003/man1p/uncompress.1p b/man-pages-posix-2003/man1p/uncompress.1p new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a96faad --- /dev/null +++ b/man-pages-posix-2003/man1p/uncompress.1p @@ -0,0 +1,168 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved +.TH "UNCOMPRESS" 1P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" uncompress +.SH PROLOG +This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. +The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult +the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), +or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. +.SH NAME +uncompress \- expand compressed data +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +\fBuncompress\fP \fB[\fP\fB-cfv\fP\fB][\fP\fIfile\fP\fB...\fP\fB]\fP\fB\fP +.SH DESCRIPTION +.LP +The \fIuncompress\fP utility shall restore files to their original +state after they have been compressed using the \fIcompress\fP utility. +If no files are specified, the standard input shall be uncompressed +to +the standard output. If the invoking process has appropriate privileges, +the ownership, modes, access time, and modification time +of the original file shall be preserved. +.LP +This utility shall support the uncompressing of any files produced +by the \fIcompress\fP utility on the same implementation. For files +produced by \fIcompress\fP on other systems, \fIuncompress\fP supports +9 to 14-bit compression (see \fIcompress\fP, \fB-b\fP); it is implementation-defined +whether values of \fB-b\fP greater than 14 are +supported. +.SH OPTIONS +.LP +The \fIuncompress\fP utility shall conform to the Base Definitions +volume of IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001, Section 12.2, Utility Syntax Guidelines. +.LP +The following options shall be supported: +.TP 7 +\fB-c\fP +Write to standard output; no files are changed. +.TP 7 +\fB-f\fP +Do not prompt for overwriting files. Except when run in the background, +if \fB-f\fP is not given the user shall be prompted as +to whether an existing file should be overwritten. If the standard +input is not a terminal and \fB-f\fP is not given, +\fIuncompress\fP shall write a diagnostic message to standard error +and exit with a status greater than zero. +.TP 7 +\fB-v\fP +Write messages to standard error concerning the expansion of each +file. +.sp +.SH OPERANDS +.LP +The following operand shall be supported: +.TP 7 +\fIfile\fP +A pathname of a file. If \fIfile\fP already has the \fB.Z\fP suffix +specified, it shall be used as the input file and the +output file shall be named \fBfile\fP with the \fB.Z\fP suffix removed. +Otherwise, \fIfile\fP shall be used as the name of the +output file and \fBfile\fP with the \fB.Z\fP suffix appended shall +be used as the input file. +.sp +.SH STDIN +.LP +The standard input shall be used only if no \fIfile\fP operands are +specified, or if a \fIfile\fP operand is \fB'-'\fP +\&. +.SH INPUT FILES +.LP +Input files shall be in the format produced by the \fIcompress\fP +utility. +.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES +.LP +The following environment variables shall affect the execution of +\fIuncompress\fP: +.TP 7 +\fILANG\fP +Provide a default value for the internationalization variables that +are unset or null. (See the Base Definitions volume of +IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001, Section 8.2, Internationalization Variables +for +the precedence of internationalization variables used to determine +the values of locale categories.) +.TP 7 +\fILC_ALL\fP +If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all the +other internationalization variables. +.TP 7 +\fILC_CTYPE\fP +Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes +of text data as characters (for example, single-byte as +opposed to multi-byte characters in arguments). +.TP 7 +\fILC_MESSAGES\fP +Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format and +contents of diagnostic messages written to standard +error. +.TP 7 +\fINLSPATH\fP +Determine the location of message catalogs for the processing of \fILC_MESSAGES +\&.\fP +.sp +.SH ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS +.LP +Default. +.SH STDOUT +.LP +When there are no \fIfile\fP operands or the \fB-c\fP option is specified, +the uncompressed output is written to standard +output. +.SH STDERR +.LP +Prompts shall be written to the standard error output under the conditions +specified in the DESCRIPTION and OPTIONS sections. +The prompts shall contain the \fIfile\fP pathname, but their format +is otherwise unspecified. Otherwise, the standard error output +shall be used only for diagnostic messages. +.SH OUTPUT FILES +.LP +Output files are the same as the respective input files to \fIcompress\fP. +.SH EXTENDED DESCRIPTION +.LP +None. +.SH EXIT STATUS +.LP +The following exit values shall be returned: +.TP 7 +\ 0 +Successful completion. +.TP 7 +>0 +An error occurred. +.sp +.SH CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS +.LP +The input file remains unmodified. +.LP +\fIThe following sections are informative.\fP +.SH APPLICATION USAGE +.LP +The limit of 14 on the \fIcompress\fP \fB-b\fP \fIbits\fP argument +is to achieve +portability to all systems (within the restrictions imposed by the +lack of an explicit published file format). Some implementations +based on 16-bit architectures cannot support 15 or 16-bit uncompression. +.SH EXAMPLES +.LP +None. +.SH RATIONALE +.LP +None. +.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS +.LP +None. +.SH SEE ALSO +.LP +\fIcompress\fP, \fIzcat\fP +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the +event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and +The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . |