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.TH "ZIPMERGE" "1" "March 17, 2021" "NiH" "General Commands Manual"
.nh
.if n .ad l
.SH "NAME"
\fBzipmerge\fR
\- merge zip archives
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP 9n
\fBzipmerge\fR
[\fB\-DhIiSsV\fR]
\fItarget-zip\fR
\fIsource-zip\fR\ [\fIsource-zip\ ...\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
\fBzipmerge\fR
merges the source zip archives
\fIsource-zip\fR
into the target zip archive
\fItarget-zip\fR.
By default, files in the source zip archives overwrite
existing files of the same name in the target zip archive.
.PP
Supported options:
.TP 5n
\fB\-D\fR
Ignore directory components in file name comparisons.
This option is slow for archives with many files.
.TP 5n
\fB\-h\fR
Display a short help message and exit.
.TP 5n
\fB\-I\fR
Ignore case in file name comparisons
This option is slow for archives with many files.
.TP 5n
\fB\-i\fR
Ask before overwriting files.
See also
\fB\-s\fR.
.TP 5n
\fB\-S\fR
Do not overwrite files that have the same size and
CRC32 in both the source and target archives.
.TP 5n
\fB\-s\fR
When
\fB\-i\fR
is given, do not before overwriting files that have the same size
and CRC32.
.TP 5n
\fB\-V\fR
Display version information and exit.
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
\fBzipmerge\fR
exits 0 on success and >1 if an error occurred.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
zipcmp(1),
ziptool(1),
libzip(3)
.SH "HISTORY"
\fBzipmerge\fR
was added in libzip 0.6.
.SH "AUTHORS"
Dieter Baron <\fIdillo@nih.at\fR>
and
Thomas Klausner <\fItk@giga.or.at\fR>
.SH "CAVEATS"
\fBzipmerge\fR
uses one open file descriptor per zip archive.
If you need to merge a lot of zip archives, check your shell's
file descriptor ulimit and either increase it or run
\fBzipmerge\fR
multiple times with e.g. 1000 source zip archives each time.