Make it clear that gzcat expects each argument to be separate files.

PR:		docs/123010
Submitted by:	Andrew Wright <andrewhw ieee org>
MFC after:	2 weeks
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Xin LI 2008-06-30 17:45:47 +00:00
parent 91fad6b28d
commit 0889440a08

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@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.Dd June 6, 2007
.Dd June 30, 2008
.Dt GZIP 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -72,10 +72,22 @@ When in compression mode, each
will be replaced with another file with the suffix, set by the
.Fl S Ar suffix
option, added, if possible.
.Pp
In decompression mode, each
.Ar file
will be checked for existence, as will the file with the suffix
added.
Each
.Ar file
argument must contain a separate complete archive;
when multiple
.Ar files
are indicated, each is decompressed in turn.
.Pp
In the case of
.Nm gzcat
the resulting data is then concatenated in the manner of
.Xr cat 1 .
.Pp
If invoked as
.Nm gunzip