GENWQE_GZIP(1)

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version 4.0.20 · 4 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

👑 genwqe_gzip — IBM Hardware Accelerator Tool 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about genwqe_gzip, aka the little UNIX User Command that compresses and decompresses your files with IBM hardware accelerator energy ✨. It lives in manual section 1 and it is literally the moment.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

genwqe_gzip [OPTION]... [FILE]...

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Compress or uncompress FILEs (by default, compress FILEs in-place). No cap, that's the whole vibe.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too — so yes, if the long version needs a value, the short one does too. iykyk 🫶

  • -c, --stdout — write on standard output, keep original files unchanged
  • -d, --decompress — decompress
  • -f, --force — force overwrite of output file and compress links
  • -h, --help — give this help
  • -l, --list — list compressed file contents
  • -L, --license — display software license
  • -N, --name — save or restore the original name and time stamp
  • -q, --quiet — suppress all warnings
  • -S, --suffix=SUF — use suffix SUF on compressed files
  • -v, --verbose — verbose mode
  • -V, --version — display version number
  • -1, --fast — compress faster
  • -9, --best — compress better

🧪 Special options for testing and debugging 🧪

these are the behind-the-scenes, main-character-energy, only-for-the-girlies-who-read-the-source options 💅

  • -A, --accelerator-type=GENWQE|CAPI — CAPI is only available for System p
  • -B, --card=<card_no> — -1 is for automatic card selection
  • -X, --cpu <cpu> — force to run on CPU <cpu>
  • -s, --software — force to use software compression/decompression
  • -i, --i_bufsize — input buffer size (128 KiB)
  • -o, --o_bufsize — output buffer size (128 KiB)
  • -N, --name=NAME — write NAME into gzip header
  • -C, --comment=CM — write CM into gzip header
  • -E, --extra=EXTRA — write EXTRA (file) into gzip header

With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input. That's right, the little dash is the doors of the group chat, she lets stdin in 🚪💫

⚠️ NOTE: Not all options are supported in this limited version! Suggestions or patches are welcome! (bestie we are BEGGING you, send patches 🙏)

📢 REPORTING BUGS 📢

Report bugs via https://github.com/ibm-genwqe/genwqe-user.

Code: zlibVersion()=1.3.1 Header: ZLIB_VERSION=1.3.1 consistent ✨ (they match, slay, consistency is her love language)

📞 Called with:

ARGV[0]: "./genwqe_gzip"
ARGV[1]: "-h"

and that's the whole page, bestie 🎀 This masterpiece is genwqe_gzip version 4.0.20, dated August 2025, and it is staying iconic. bye mwah 💋💖🦋

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