Document pass-through behavior (#3242)

Adds documentation to help and man pages for legacy pass-through behavior
when force is set and destination is stdout. Documents --pass-through in
man pages
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Chris Burgess 2022-08-15 13:29:54 -04:00 committed by GitHub
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6 changed files with 36 additions and 9 deletions

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.TH "ZSTD" "1" "June 2022" "zstd 1.5.3" "User Commands"
.TH "ZSTD" "1" "August 2022" "zstd 1.5.3" "User Commands"
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.SH "NAME"
\fBzstd\fR \- zstd, zstdmt, unzstd, zstdcat \- Compress or decompress \.zst files
@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ Additionally, this can be used to limit memory for dictionary training\. This pa
\fB\-o FILE\fR: save result into \fBFILE\fR
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR: disable input and output checks\. Allows overwriting existing files, input from console, output to stdout, operating on links, block devices, etc\.
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR: disable input and output checks\. Allows overwriting existing files, input from console, output to stdout, operating on links, block devices, etc\. During decompression and when the output destination is stdout, pass\-through unrecognized formats as\-is\.
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-stdout\fR: write to standard output (even if it is the console); keep original files unchanged\.
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\fB\-\-[no\-]sparse\fR: enable / disable sparse FS support, to make files with many zeroes smaller on disk\. Creating sparse files may save disk space and speed up decompression by reducing the amount of disk I/O\. default: enabled when output is into a file, and disabled when output is stdout\. This setting overrides default and can force sparse mode over stdout\.
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB\-\-[no\-]pass\-through\fR enable / disable passing through uncompressed files as\-is\. During decompression when pass\-through is enabled, unrecognized formats will be copied as\-is from the input to the output\. By default, pass\-through will occur when the output destination is stdout and the force (\-f) option is set\.
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB\-\-rm\fR: remove source file(s) after successful compression or decompression\. If used in combination with \-o, will trigger a confirmation prompt (which can be silenced with \-f), as this is a destructive operation\.
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.IP "\(bu" 4

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* `-f`, `--force`:
disable input and output checks. Allows overwriting existing files, input
from console, output to stdout, operating on links, block devices, etc.
During decompression and when the output destination is stdout, pass-through
unrecognized formats as-is.
* `-c`, `--stdout`:
write to standard output (even if it is the console); keep original files unchanged.
* `--[no-]sparse`:
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default: enabled when output is into a file,
and disabled when output is stdout.
This setting overrides default and can force sparse mode over stdout.
* `--[no-]pass-through`
enable / disable passing through uncompressed files as-is. During
decompression when pass-through is enabled, unrecognized formats will be
copied as-is from the input to the output. By default, pass-through will
occur when the output destination is stdout and the force (-f) option is
set.
* `--rm`:
remove source file(s) after successful compression or decompression. If used in combination with
-o, will trigger a confirmation prompt (which can be silenced with -f), as this is a destructive operation.

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#endif
DISPLAY_F(f, " -f, --force disable input and output checks. Allows overwriting existing files,\n");
DISPLAY_F(f, " input from console, output to stdout, operating on links,\n");
DISPLAY_F(f, " block devices, etc.\n");
DISPLAY_F(f, " block devices, etc. During decompression and when the output\n");
DISPLAY_F(f, " destination is stdout, pass-through unrecognized formats as-is.\n");
DISPLAY_F(f, " --rm remove source file(s) after successful de/compression\n");
DISPLAY_F(f, " -k, --keep preserve source file(s) (default) \n");
#ifdef ZSTD_GZCOMPRESS
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exeNameMatch(programName, ZSTD_GZCAT)) {
passThroughDefault = "enabled";
}
DISPLAYOUT(" --[no-]pass-through : passes through uncompressed files as-is (default: %s\n)", passThroughDefault);
DISPLAYOUT(" --[no-]pass-through : passes through uncompressed files as-is (default: %s)\n", passThroughDefault);
}
#endif /* ZSTD_NODECOMPRESS */

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.TH "ZSTDGREP" "1" "April 2022" "zstd 1.5.2" "User Commands"
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.TH "ZSTDGREP" "1" "August 2022" "zstd 1.5.3" "User Commands"
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.SH "NAME"
\fBzstdgrep\fR \- print lines matching a pattern in zstandard\-compressed files
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBzstdgrep\fR [\fIgrep\-flags\fR] [\-\-] \fIpattern\fR [\fIfiles\fR \|\.\|\.\|\.]
\fBzstdgrep\fR [\fIgrep\-flags\fR] [\-\-] \fIpattern\fR [\fIfiles\fR \.\.\.]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
\fBzstdgrep\fR runs \fBgrep (1)\fR on files, or \fBstdin\fR if no files argument is given, after decompressing them with \fBzstdcat (1)\fR\.
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.P
The grep\-flags and pattern arguments are passed on to \fBgrep (1)\fR\. If an \fB\-e\fR flag is found in the \fBgrep\-flags\fR, \fBzstdgrep\fR will not look for a pattern argument\.
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.P
Note that modern \fBgrep\fR alternatives such as \fBripgrep\fR (\fBrg\fR) support \fBzstd\fR\-compressed files out of the box, and can prove better alternatives than \fBzstdgrep\fR notably for unsupported complex pattern searches\. Note though that such alternatives may also feature some minor command line differences\.
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.SH "EXIT STATUS"
In case of missing arguments or missing pattern, 1 will be returned, otherwise 0\.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBzstd (1)\fR
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.SH "AUTHORS"
Thomas Klausner \fIwiz@NetBSD\.org\fR

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.TH "ZSTDLESS" "1" "April 2022" "zstd 1.5.2" "User Commands"
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.TH "ZSTDLESS" "1" "August 2022" "zstd 1.5.3" "User Commands"
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.SH "NAME"
\fBzstdless\fR \- view zstandard\-compressed files
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBzstdless\fR [\fIflags\fR] [\fIfile\fR \|\.\|\.\|\.]
\fBzstdless\fR [\fIflags\fR] [\fIfile\fR \.\.\.]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
\fBzstdless\fR runs \fBless (1)\fR on files or stdin, if no files argument is given, after decompressing them with \fBzstdcat (1)\fR\.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBzstd (1)\fR

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-d, --decompress decompression
-f, --force disable input and output checks. Allows overwriting existing files,
input from console, output to stdout, operating on links,
block devices, etc.
block devices, etc. During decompression and when the output
destination is stdout, pass-through unrecognized formats as-is.
--rm remove source file(s) after successful de/compression
-k, --keep preserve source file(s) (default)
-D DICT use DICT as Dictionary for compression or decompression