Under gzip 1.4, if you specify --force, gzip will attempt to compress 'FILE.gz' and create 'FILE.gz.gz'. Under previous versions, even with '-f' specified, it would exit with "gzip: FILE.gz already has .gz suffix -- unchanged" and leave FILE.gz unchanged.
We use -f to allow gzip to overwrite existing .gz files without prompting. gzip version is: /usr/local/bin/gzip-1.4 -V gzip-1.4 1.4 It was built on Solaris 8 using gcc-3.4.6. Thank you, -Karl Wieman Karl A. Wieman Phone: 212-810-3371 Director, Technology Fax: 212-810-5697 BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. Email: kwie...@blackrock.com<mailto:kwie...@blackrock.com> "who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams; this may be madness. To seek treasure where there is only trash. Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all; to see life as it is, and not as it should be!" Cervantes, "Man of La Mancha" THIS MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL, PROPRIETARY, AND MAY BE PRIVILEGED. If this message was misdirected, BlackRock, Inc. and its subsidiaries, ("BlackRock") does not waive any confidentiality or privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately and destroy the message without disclosing its contents to anyone. Any distribution, use or copying of this e-mail or the information it contains by other than an intended recipient is unauthorized. The views and opinions expressed in this e-mail message are the author's own and may not reflect the views and opinions of BlackRock, unless the author is authorized by BlackRock to express such views or opinions on its behalf. All email sent to or from this address is subject to electronic storage and review by BlackRock. Although BlackRock operates anti-virus programs, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever caused by viruses being passed.
