NAME
    znew - recompress .Z files to .gz files

SYNOPSIS
    znew [ -ftv9PK] [ name.Z ... ]

DESCRIPTION
    Znew recompresses files from .Z (compress) format to .gz (gzip) format.
    If you want to recompress a file already in gzip format, rename the
    file to force a .Z extension then apply znew.

OPTIONS
    -f   Force recompression from .Z to .gz format even if a .gz file
    already exists.

    -t   Tests the new files before deleting originals.

    -v   Verbose. Display the name and percentage reduction for each file
    compressed.

    -9   Use the slowest compression method (optimal compression).

    -P   Use pipes for the conversion to reduce disk space usage.

    -K   Keep a .Z file when it is smaller than the .gz file

SEE ALSO
   gzip(1),zmore(1),zdiff(1),zgrep(1),zforce(1),gzexe(1), compress(1)

BUGS
    Znew does not maintain the time stamp with the -P option if cpmod(1) is
    not available andtouch(1) does not support the -r option.