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diff --git a/manual/zlib-flate.1.in b/manual/zlib-flate.1.in index 133dce7b..bc04fc55 100644 --- a/manual/zlib-flate.1.in +++ b/manual/zlib-flate.1.in @@ -4,18 +4,23 @@ .SH NAME zlib-flate \- raw zlib compression program .SH SYNOPSIS -.B qpdf +.B zlib-flate \fI-compress | -uncompress\fR .SH DESCRIPTION The zlib-flate program is part of the qpdf package. .PP -The zlib-flate program standard from input and writes to standard -output either compressing or compressing its input using raw zlib -compression. This program is provided primarily as a debugging tool. -It can be used to uncompress or compress raw PDF streams. +The zlib-flate program reads from standard input and writes to +standard output either compressing or compressing its input using raw +zlib compression. It can be used to uncompress or compress raw PDF +streams or other data that is compressed with raw zlib compression. +This program is provided primarily as a debugging tool, though it +could be used for other purposes, such as being called from a script +that creates simple PDF files. .PP This program should not be used as a general purpose compression tool. Use something like gzip(1) instead. .PP For details about qpdf, please see the qpdf manual, which can be found in @docdir@/qpdf-manual.html or @docdir@/qpdf-manual.pdf. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +qpdf(1), gzip(1) |