04-10-2009
I just realized something that I didn't notice before. When I removed the "-e" option from the read command, both my previous solution and the suggested solution above worked fine. It look likes "read -e" outputs everything through stderr. Is that correct? Without the "-e" option, the backspace key doesn't work in the read statement. Is there something I am missing or is "read -e" the only way to allow the user to use a simple editor to input information to the script.
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objZ(1) General Commands Manual objZ(1)
NAME
objZ - Compression utility
SYNOPSIS
objZ [options] input
OPTIONS
The objZ command accepts the following options: Decompress input. The input file must be in ALPHAMAGICZ compressed object file format.
Print the argument count, input length, and output length.
DESCRIPTION
The objZ command takes a regular, read/write file in ALPHAMAGIC format as input and converts it to ALPHAMAGICZ compressed format. The com-
pressed output file replaces the input file.
When the -u option is specified, the objZ command takes as input a file in ALPHAMAGICZ format (that is, a file previously produced by the
objZ command or by the as command with the -compress option) and converts it to ALPHAMAGIC format.
ERRORS
When compressing an input file, the objZ command generates errors if the file is not a regular file (for example, a directory or device
special file), if the file is read-only, if its header cannot be read, if the file is not in ALPHAMAGIC format, or if a compression failure
occurs.
When decompressing an input file, the objZ command generates errors if the file is not a regular file, if the file is read-only, if the
file is not in ALPHAMAGICZ format, or if a decompression failure occurs.
SEE ALSO
as(1), cc(1), ld(1), at(1), filehdr(4)
Programmer's Guide
objZ(1)