zforce -- Command

Force the suffix .gz onto every gzip file
zforce [ file ...  ]

The command zforce examines each file,  and adds the suffix .gz to it if it
had been  compressed with gzip.  If adding .gz  would make the  file's name
longer than  14 characters,  zforce truncates  the file's original  name to
make room for the suffix.

You should use zforce to prompt  name compressed files, to ensure that gzip
does not compress a file twice.  You can also zforce can be used to examine
files whose  names were truncated during file  transfer, and properly stamp
those that were compressed.

See Also

gzip,
commands

© 2012 by Stephen A. Ness