# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| ncompress: ncompress (the classic *nix compression utility) ncompress: ncompress: Compress reduces the size of the named files using adaptive Lempel-Ziv ncompress: coding. Whenever possible, each file is replaced by one with the ncompress: extension .Z, while keeping the same ownership modes, access and ncompress: modification times. If no files are specified, the standard input is ncompress: compressed to the standard output. Compressed files can be restored ncompress: to their original form using uncompress or zcat. ncompress: ncompress: ncompress: