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diff --git a/manual/zlib-flate.1.in b/manual/zlib-flate.1.in new file mode 100644 index 00000000..133dce7b --- /dev/null +++ b/manual/zlib-flate.1.in @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +\" This file is not processed by autoconf, but rather by build.mk in +\" the manual directory. +.TH ZLIB-FLATE "1" "April 2008" "zlib-flate from qpdf version @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "User Commands" +.SH NAME +zlib-flate \- raw zlib compression program +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B qpdf +\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. +.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. |