2 .TH COMPRESSDIR 1 local
4 compressdir, uncompressdir \- compress and uncompress directories of files
18 Recursively decends each specified directory and compresses each
20 Each file is replaced by a file with the extension
22 but only if the file got smaller.
23 If no directories are specified,
24 the compression is applied to all files starting with the current directory.
25 Compressed files can be restored to their original form by running
31 specified are passed to the compress(1) program.