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.TH BZDIFF 1

.SH NAME

bzcmp, bzdiff \- compare bzip2 compressed files

.SH SYNOPSIS

.B bzcmp

[ cmp_options ] file1

[ file2 ]

.br

.B bzdiff

[ diff_options ] file1

[ file2 ]

.SH DESCRIPTION

.I  Bzcmp

and 

.I bzdiff

are used to invoke the

.I cmp

or the

.I diff

program on bzip2 compressed files.  All options specified are passed

directly to

.I cmp

or

.IR diff "."

If only 1 file is specified, then the files compared are

.I file1

and an uncompressed

.IR file1 ".bz2."

If two files are specified, then they are uncompressed if necessary and fed to

.I cmp

or

.IR diff "."

The exit status from 

.I cmp

or

.I diff

is preserved.

.SH ATTRIBUTES

See

.BR attributes (5)

for descriptions of the following attributes:

.sp

.TS

box;

cbp-1 | cbp-1

l | l .

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE

=

=

Interface Stability	Committed

.TE 

.PP

.SH "SEE ALSO"

cmp(1), diff(1), bzmore(1), bzless(1), bzgrep(1), bzip2(1)

.SH BUGS

Messages from the

.I cmp

or

.I diff

programs refer to temporary filenames instead of those specified.