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  47 .TH PACK 1 "Mar 13, 2008"
  48 .SH NAME
  49 pack, pcat, unpack \- compress and expand files
  50 .SH SYNOPSIS
  51 .LP
  52 .nf
  53 \fBpack\fR [\fB-f/\fR] [\fB-\fR] \fIfile\fR...
  54 .fi
  55 
  56 .LP
  57 .nf
  58 \fBpcat\fR \fIfile\fR...
  59 .fi
  60 
  61 .LP
  62 .nf
  63 \fBunpack\fR [\fB-/\fR] \fIfile\fR...
  64 .fi
  65 
  66 .SH DESCRIPTION
  67 .SS "pack"
  68 .sp
  69 .LP
  70 The \fBpack\fR command attempts to store the specified files in a compressed
  71 form. Wherever possible (and useful), each input file \fBfile\fR is replaced by
  72 a packed file \fBfile\fR\fB\&.z\fR with the same access modes, access and
  73 modified dates, and owner as those of \fBfile\fR. If \fBpack\fR is successful,
  74 \fBfile\fR is removed.
  75 .sp
  76 .LP
  77 The amount of compression obtained depends on the size of the input file and
  78 the character frequency distribution. Because a decoding tree forms the first
  79 part of each \fB\&.z\fR file, it is usually not worthwhile to pack files
  80 smaller than three blocks, unless the character frequency distribution is very
  81 skewed, which can occur with printer plots or pictures.
  82 .sp
  83 .LP
  84 Typically, text files are reduced to 60-75% of their original size. Load
  85 modules, which use a larger character set and have a more uniform distribution
  86 of characters, show little compression, the packed versions being about 90% of
  87 the original size.
  88 .sp
  89 .LP


 138 .TP
 139 .ie t \(bu
 140 .el o
 141 a file called \fBfile\fR\fB\&.z\fR already exists
 142 .RE
 143 .RS +4
 144 .TP
 145 .ie t \(bu
 146 .el o
 147 the \fB\&.z\fR file cannot be created
 148 .RE
 149 .RS +4
 150 .TP
 151 .ie t \(bu
 152 .el o
 153 an I/O error occurred during processing.
 154 .RE
 155 .sp
 156 .LP
 157 The last segment of the file name must be short enough to allow space for the
 158 appended \fB\&.z\fRextension. Directories cannot be compressed.
 159 .SS "pcat"
 160 .sp
 161 .LP
 162 The \fBpcat\fR command does for packed files what \fBcat\fR(1) does for
 163 ordinary files, except that \fBpcat\fR cannot be used as a filter. The
 164 specified files are unpacked and written to the standard output.
 165 .sp
 166 .LP
 167 \fBpcat\fR returns the number of files it was unable to unpack. Failure can
 168 occur if:
 169 .RS +4
 170 .TP
 171 .ie t \(bu
 172 .el o
 173 the file cannot be opened;
 174 .RE
 175 .RS +4
 176 .TP
 177 .ie t \(bu
 178 .el o
 179 the file does not appear to be the output of \fBpack\fR.
 180 .RE
 181 .SS "unpack"
 182 .sp
 183 .LP
 184 The \fBunpack\fR command expands files created by \fBpack\fR. For each
 185 \fBfile\fR specified in the command, a search is made for a file called
 186 \fBfile\fR\fB\&.z\fR (or just \fBfile\fR, if \fBfile\fR ends in \fB\&.z\fR). If
 187 this file appears to be a packed file, it is replaced by its expanded version.
 188 The new file has the \fB\&.z\fR suffix stripped from its name, and has the same
 189 access modes, access and modification dates, and owner as those of the packed
 190 file.
 191 .sp
 192 .LP
 193 \fBunpack\fR returns a value that is the number of files it was unable to
 194 unpack. Failure can occur for the same reasons that it can in \fBpcat\fR, as
 195 well as for the following:
 196 .RS +4
 197 .TP
 198 .ie t \(bu
 199 .el o
 200 a file with the unpacked name already exists;
 201 .RE
 202 .RS +4
 203 .TP
 204 .ie t \(bu
 205 .el o
 206 the unpacked file cannot be created.
 207 .RE
 208 .SH OPTIONS
 209 .sp
 210 .LP
 211 The following options are supported by \fBpack\fR:
 212 .sp
 213 .ne 2
 214 .na
 215 \fB\fB-f\fR\fR
 216 .ad
 217 .RS 6n
 218 Forces packing of \fBfile\fR. This is useful for causing an entire directory to
 219 be packed even if some of the files do not benefit. Packed files can be
 220 restored to their original form using \fBunpack\fR or \fBpcat\fR.
 221 .RE
 222 
 223 .sp
 224 .LP
 225 The following options are supported by \fBpack\fR and \fBunpack\fR:
 226 .sp
 227 .ne 2
 228 .na
 229 \fB\fB-/\fR\fR
 230 .ad
 231 .RS 6n
 232 When packing or unpacking, copies any ACL and extended system attributes
 233 associated with the source file to the target file. If an ACL or extended
 234 system attributes cannot be copied, the original file is retained, a diagnostic
 235 message is written to \fBstderr\fR, and the final exit status is
 236 \fBnon-zero\fR.
 237 .RE
 238 
 239 .SH OPERANDS
 240 .sp
 241 .LP
 242 The following operands are supported:
 243 .sp
 244 .ne 2
 245 .na
 246 \fB\fBfile\fR\fR
 247 .ad
 248 .RS 8n
 249 A path name of a file to be packed, unpacked, or pcated; \fBfile\fR can include
 250 or omit the \fB\&.z\fR suffix.
 251 .RE
 252 
 253 .sp
 254 .ne 2
 255 .na
 256 \fB\fB\(mi\fR\fR
 257 .ad
 258 .RS 8n
 259 \fBpack\fR uses Huffman (minimum redundancy) codes on a byte-by-byte basis. If
 260 the \fB\(mi\fR argument is used, an internal flag is set that causes the number
 261 of times each byte is used, its relative frequency, and the code for the byte
 262 to be printed on the standard output. Additional occurrences of \fB\(mi\fR in
 263 place of \fBfile\fR causes the internal flag to be set and reset.
 264 .RE
 265 
 266 .SH USAGE
 267 .sp
 268 .LP
 269 See \fBlargefile\fR(5) for the description of the behavior of \fBpack\fR,
 270 \fBpcat\fR, and \fBunpack\fR when encountering files greater than or equal to 2
 271 Gbyte ( 2^31 bytes).
 272 .SH EXAMPLES
 273 .LP
 274 \fBExample 1 \fRViewing a Packed File
 275 .sp
 276 .LP
 277 To view a packed file named \fBfile.z\fR use:
 278 
 279 .sp
 280 .LP
 281 \fBexample%\fR \fBpcat\fR \fBfile.z\fR
 282 
 283 .sp
 284 .LP
 285 or just:
 286 
 287 .sp
 288 .LP
 289 \fBexample%\fR \fBpcat\fR \fBfile\fR
 290 
 291 .LP
 292 \fBExample 2 \fRMaking and Unpacked Copy:
 293 .sp
 294 .LP
 295 To make an unpacked copy, say \fBnnn\fR, of a packed file named \fBfile.z\fR
 296 (without destroying \fBfile.z\fR) use the command:
 297 
 298 .sp
 299 .LP
 300 \fBexample%\fR \fBpcat\fR \fBfile\fR \fB>nnn\fR
 301 
 302 .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
 303 .sp
 304 .LP
 305 See \fBenviron\fR(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables
 306 that affect the execution of \fBpack\fR, \fBpcat\fR, and \fBunpack\fR:
 307 \fBLC_CTYPE\fR, \fBLC_MESSAGES\fR, and \fBNLSPATH\fR.
 308 .SH EXIT STATUS
 309 .sp
 310 .LP
 311 The following exit values are returned:
 312 .sp
 313 .ne 2
 314 .na
 315 \fB\fB0\fR\fR
 316 .ad
 317 .RS 6n
 318 Successful completion.
 319 .RE
 320 
 321 .sp
 322 .ne 2
 323 .na
 324 \fB\fB>0\fR\fR
 325 .ad
 326 .RS 6n
 327 An error occurred. The number of files the command failed to pack/unpack is
 328 returned. If the number of failures exceeds \fB255\fR, then \fB255\fR is
 329 returned.
 330 .RE
 331 
 332 .SH ATTRIBUTES
 333 .sp
 334 .LP
 335 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
 336 .sp
 337 
 338 .sp
 339 .TS
 340 box;
 341 c | c
 342 l | l .
 343 ATTRIBUTE TYPE  ATTRIBUTE VALUE
 344 _
 345 CSI     Enabled
 346 .TE
 347 
 348 .SH SEE ALSO
 349 .sp
 350 .LP
 351 \fBcat\fR(1), \fBcompress\fR(1), \fBzcat\fR(1), \fBfgetattr\fR(3C),
 352 \fBfsetattr\fR(3C), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBenviron\fR(5), \fBlargefile\fR(5)


  27 .\" The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the
  28 .\" Common Development and Distribution License (the "License").
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  30 .\"
  31 .\" You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE
  32 .\" or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing.
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  34 .\" and limitations under the License.
  35 .\"
  36 .\" When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL HEADER in each
  37 .\" file and include the License file at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE.
  38 .\" If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the
  39 .\" fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying
  40 .\" information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]
  41 .\"
  42 .\"
  43 .\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
  44 .\" Portions Copyright (c) 1992, X/Open Company Limited All Rights Reserved
  45 .\" Copyright (c) 1996, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved
  46 .\"
  47 .TH PACK 1 "Feb 5, 2020"
  48 .SH NAME
  49 pack, pcat, unpack \- compress and expand files
  50 .SH SYNOPSIS

  51 .nf
  52 \fBpack\fR [\fB-f/\fR] [\fB-\fR] \fIfile\fR...
  53 .fi
  54 
  55 .LP
  56 .nf
  57 \fBpcat\fR \fIfile\fR...
  58 .fi
  59 
  60 .LP
  61 .nf
  62 \fBunpack\fR [\fB-/\fR] \fIfile\fR...
  63 .fi
  64 
  65 .SH DESCRIPTION
  66 .SS "pack"


  67 The \fBpack\fR command attempts to store the specified files in a compressed
  68 form. Wherever possible (and useful), each input file \fBfile\fR is replaced by
  69 a packed file \fBfile\fR\fB\&.z\fR with the same access modes, access and
  70 modified dates, and owner as those of \fBfile\fR. If \fBpack\fR is successful,
  71 \fBfile\fR is removed.
  72 .sp
  73 .LP
  74 The amount of compression obtained depends on the size of the input file and
  75 the character frequency distribution. Because a decoding tree forms the first
  76 part of each \fB\&.z\fR file, it is usually not worthwhile to pack files
  77 smaller than three blocks, unless the character frequency distribution is very
  78 skewed, which can occur with printer plots or pictures.
  79 .sp
  80 .LP
  81 Typically, text files are reduced to 60-75% of their original size. Load
  82 modules, which use a larger character set and have a more uniform distribution
  83 of characters, show little compression, the packed versions being about 90% of
  84 the original size.
  85 .sp
  86 .LP


 135 .TP
 136 .ie t \(bu
 137 .el o
 138 a file called \fBfile\fR\fB\&.z\fR already exists
 139 .RE
 140 .RS +4
 141 .TP
 142 .ie t \(bu
 143 .el o
 144 the \fB\&.z\fR file cannot be created
 145 .RE
 146 .RS +4
 147 .TP
 148 .ie t \(bu
 149 .el o
 150 an I/O error occurred during processing.
 151 .RE
 152 .sp
 153 .LP
 154 The last segment of the file name must be short enough to allow space for the
 155 appended \fB\&.z\fR extension. Directories cannot be compressed.
 156 .SS "pcat"


 157 The \fBpcat\fR command does for packed files what \fBcat\fR(1) does for
 158 ordinary files, except that \fBpcat\fR cannot be used as a filter. The
 159 specified files are unpacked and written to the standard output.
 160 .sp
 161 .LP
 162 \fBpcat\fR returns the number of files it was unable to unpack. Failure can
 163 occur if:
 164 .RS +4
 165 .TP
 166 .ie t \(bu
 167 .el o
 168 the file cannot be opened;
 169 .RE
 170 .RS +4
 171 .TP
 172 .ie t \(bu
 173 .el o
 174 the file does not appear to be the output of \fBpack\fR.
 175 .RE
 176 .SS "unpack"


 177 The \fBunpack\fR command expands files created by \fBpack\fR. For each
 178 \fBfile\fR specified in the command, a search is made for a file called
 179 \fBfile\fR\fB\&.z\fR (or just \fBfile\fR, if \fBfile\fR ends in \fB\&.z\fR). If
 180 this file appears to be a packed file, it is replaced by its expanded version.
 181 The new file has the \fB\&.z\fR suffix stripped from its name, and has the same
 182 access modes, access and modification dates, and owner as those of the packed
 183 file.
 184 .sp
 185 .LP
 186 \fBunpack\fR returns a value that is the number of files it was unable to
 187 unpack. Failure can occur for the same reasons that it can in \fBpcat\fR, as
 188 well as for the following:
 189 .RS +4
 190 .TP
 191 .ie t \(bu
 192 .el o
 193 a file with the unpacked name already exists;
 194 .RE
 195 .RS +4
 196 .TP
 197 .ie t \(bu
 198 .el o
 199 the unpacked file cannot be created.
 200 .RE
 201 .SH OPTIONS


 202 The following options are supported by \fBpack\fR:
 203 .sp
 204 .ne 2
 205 .na
 206 \fB\fB-f\fR\fR
 207 .ad
 208 .RS 6n
 209 Forces packing of \fBfile\fR. This is useful for causing an entire directory to
 210 be packed even if some of the files do not benefit. Packed files can be
 211 restored to their original form using \fBunpack\fR or \fBpcat\fR.
 212 .RE
 213 
 214 .sp
 215 .LP
 216 The following options are supported by \fBpack\fR and \fBunpack\fR:
 217 .sp
 218 .ne 2
 219 .na
 220 \fB\fB-/\fR\fR
 221 .ad
 222 .RS 6n
 223 When packing or unpacking, copies any ACL and extended system attributes
 224 associated with the source file to the target file. If an ACL or extended
 225 system attributes cannot be copied, the original file is retained, a diagnostic
 226 message is written to \fBstderr\fR, and the final exit status is
 227 \fBnon-zero\fR.
 228 .RE
 229 
 230 .SH OPERANDS


 231 The following operands are supported:
 232 .sp
 233 .ne 2
 234 .na
 235 \fB\fBfile\fR\fR
 236 .ad
 237 .RS 8n
 238 A path name of a file to be packed, unpacked, or pcated; \fBfile\fR can include
 239 or omit the \fB\&.z\fR suffix.
 240 .RE
 241 
 242 .sp
 243 .ne 2
 244 .na
 245 \fB\fB\(mi\fR\fR
 246 .ad
 247 .RS 8n
 248 \fBpack\fR uses Huffman (minimum redundancy) codes on a byte-by-byte basis. If
 249 the \fB\(mi\fR argument is used, an internal flag is set that causes the number
 250 of times each byte is used, its relative frequency, and the code for the byte
 251 to be printed on the standard output. Additional occurrences of \fB\(mi\fR in
 252 place of \fBfile\fR causes the internal flag to be set and reset.
 253 .RE
 254 
 255 .SH USAGE


 256 See \fBlargefile\fR(5) for the description of the behavior of \fBpack\fR,
 257 \fBpcat\fR, and \fBunpack\fR when encountering files greater than or equal to 2
 258 Gbyte (2^31 bytes).
 259 .SH EXAMPLES

 260 \fBExample 1 \fRViewing a Packed File
 261 .sp
 262 .LP
 263 To view a packed file named \fBfile.z\fR use:
 264 
 265 .sp
 266 .LP
 267 \fBexample%\fR \fBpcat\fR \fBfile.z\fR
 268 
 269 .sp
 270 .LP
 271 or just:
 272 
 273 .sp
 274 .LP
 275 \fBexample%\fR \fBpcat\fR \fBfile\fR
 276 
 277 .LP
 278 \fBExample 2 \fRMaking an Unpacked Copy:
 279 .sp
 280 .LP
 281 To make an unpacked copy, say \fBnnn\fR, of a packed file named \fBfile.z\fR
 282 (without destroying \fBfile.z\fR) use the command:
 283 
 284 .sp
 285 .LP
 286 \fBexample%\fR \fBpcat\fR \fBfile\fR \fB>nnn\fR
 287 
 288 .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES


 289 See \fBenviron\fR(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables
 290 that affect the execution of \fBpack\fR, \fBpcat\fR, and \fBunpack\fR:
 291 \fBLC_CTYPE\fR, \fBLC_MESSAGES\fR, and \fBNLSPATH\fR.
 292 .SH EXIT STATUS


 293 The following exit values are returned:
 294 .sp
 295 .ne 2
 296 .na
 297 \fB\fB0\fR\fR
 298 .ad
 299 .RS 6n
 300 Successful completion.
 301 .RE
 302 
 303 .sp
 304 .ne 2
 305 .na
 306 \fB\fB>0\fR\fR
 307 .ad
 308 .RS 6n
 309 An error occurred. The number of files the command failed to pack/unpack is
 310 returned. If the number of failures exceeds \fB255\fR, then \fB255\fR is
 311 returned.
 312 .RE
 313 
 314 .SH ATTRIBUTES


 315 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
 316 .sp
 317 
 318 .sp
 319 .TS
 320 box;
 321 c | c
 322 l | l .
 323 ATTRIBUTE TYPE  ATTRIBUTE VALUE
 324 _
 325 CSI     Enabled
 326 .TE
 327 
 328 .SH SEE ALSO


 329 \fBcat\fR(1), \fBcompress\fR(1), \fBzcat\fR(1), \fBfgetattr\fR(3C),
 330 \fBfsetattr\fR(3C), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBenviron\fR(5), \fBlargefile\fR(5)