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pcat
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About pcat
Compresses file.
Syntax
pcat file
| file |
name of the file to compress |
Examples
pcat myfile.txt - would pack the flile
myfile.txt.
No packing will occur if:
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the file appears to be already packed
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the file name has more than 14 - 2 bytes
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the file has links
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the file is a directory
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the file cannot be opened
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the file is empty
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no disk storage blocks will be saved by packing
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a file called file .z already exists
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the .z file cannot be created
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an I/O error occurred during processing.
Related commands
cat
compress
pack
zcat
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