Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 21:22:43 -0700 From: "Gary W. Swearingen" <garys@opusnet.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/84271: compress(1) doesn't warn about nasty link handling Message-ID: <k6ack6b5rg.ck6@mail.opusnet.com> Resent-Message-ID: <200507290430.j6T4UQhn027654@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 84271 >Category: docs >Synopsis: compress(1) doesn't warn about nasty link handling >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Jul 29 04:30:26 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Gary W. Swearingen >Release: FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE i386 >Organization: none >Environment: n/a >Description: See synopsis. >How-To-Repeat: n/a >Fix: Apply patch with new paragraph at end of DESCRIPTION and a new BUGS section: --- /pr/work/compress..orig.1 Thu Jul 28 21:01:24 2005 +++ /pr/work/compress.1 Thu Jul 28 21:19:35 2005 @@ -152,6 +152,16 @@ 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. +If +.Ar file +is hard linked, it will .Sh DIAGNOSTICS .Ex -std compress uncompress .Pp @@ -188,3 +198,5 @@ .Nm command appeared in .Bx 4.3 . +.Sh BUGS +The program doesn't handle links well and has no link-handling options. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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