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ebzip

EBZIP(1)							   User Commands							  EBZIP(1)

NAME

       ebzip - compress a CD-ROM book

SYNOPSIS

       ebzip [option...] [book-directory]

OPTIONS

       -f  --force-overwrite
	      set overwrite mode to `force' (same as `--overwrite force')

       -h  --help
	      display this help, then exit

       -i  --information
	      list information of compressed files

       -k  --keep
	      don't delete original files

       -l INTEGER  --level INTEGER
	      compression level; 0..5 (default: 0)

       -n  --no-overwrite
	      set overwrite mode to `no' (same as `--overwrite no')

       -o DIRECTORY  --output-directory DIRECTORY
	      ouput files under DIRECTORY (default: .)

       -q  --quiet  --silence
	      suppress all warnings

       -s TYPE[,TYPE]  --skip-content TYPE[,TYPE...]
	      skip content; font, graphic, sound or movie (default: none is skipped)

       -S SUBBOOK[,SUBBOOK...]	--subbook SUBBOOK[,SUBBOOK...]
	      target subbook (default: all subbooks)

       -t  --test
	      only check for input files

       -u  --uncompress
	      uncompress files

       -v  --version
	      display version number, then exit

       -w MODE	--overwrite MODE
	      set overwrite mode of output files; confirm, force or no (default: confirm)

       -z  --compress
	      compress files

   Argument:
       book-directory
	      top directory of a CD-ROM book (default: .)

   Default action:
	      When  invoked  as  `ebunzip',  uncompression is the default action.  When invoked as `ebzipinfo', listing information is the default
	      action.  Otherwise, compression is the default action.

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