Re: Zutils vs single compressor utilities

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Dear Paul,

Have you found a solution that satisfies you?

Paul Eggert wrote:
> Something like that, yes, but it's not clear that's exactly
> right, from the gzip point of view.  There are many scripts:
> why pick just those four?  Here's the complete list:
>
> gunzip              zcat  zdiff   zfgrep  zgrep  zmore
> gzexe   uncompress  zcmp  zegrep  zforce  zless  znew

Obviously some scripts, like gunzip and gzexe, should stay with gzip.

If it makes sense to implement the function of any other script in 
zutils, I'll happily do so.

Currently all that is needed for the coexistence of gzip and zutils is 
that zcat, zcmp, zdiff, zgrep, zegrep, and zfgrep are disabled or 
renamed (conditionally or unconditionally) in gzip.


Best regards,
Antonio.