Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 16:00:43 GMT From: garys@opusnet.com (Gary W. Swearingen) To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/84271: compress(1) doesn't warn about nasty link handling Message-ID: <200507311600.j6VG0hAn044719@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/84271; it has been noted by GNATS. From: garys@opusnet.com (Gary W. Swearingen) To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> Subject: Re: docs/84271: compress(1) doesn't warn about nasty link handling Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 08:52:20 -0700 Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> writes: > This patch looks like it adds half of a sentence? I didn't delete enough and apparently didn't review it with my "manfile" command as I normally do. Sorry. --- compress..orig.1 Thu Jul 28 21:01:24 2005 +++ compress.1 Sun Jul 31 08:32:13 2005 @@ -152,6 +152,13 @@ coding (as used in the historical command pack), or adaptive Huffman coding (as used in the historical command compact), and takes less time to compute. +.Pp +If +.Ar file +is a soft or hard link +.Nm compress +will replace it with a compressed copy of the linked-to file, +leaving that file uncompressed. .Sh DIAGNOSTICS .Ex -std compress uncompress .Pp @@ -188,3 +195,5 @@ .Nm command appeared in .Bx 4.3 . +.Sh BUGS +The program does not handle links well and has no link-handling options.
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