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UNSQUEEZE(1)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual	     UNSQUEEZE(1)



[1mNAME
     [0munsqueeze - decompress binary executables

[1mSYNOPSIS
     unsqueeze [0m[ [1m-v [0m] file
     [1munsqueeze [0m[ [1m-v [0m] infile outfile

[1mDESCRIPTION
     [0m_U_n_s_q_u_e_e_z_e decompresses executable binaries that have been
     compressed with _s_q_u_e_e_z_e(1).

     _U_n_s_q_u_e_e_z_e can either decompress one file in place (the first
     variant above) or unsqueeze one file to a different place
     using the second variant. An _o_u_t_f_i_l_e of [1m`-' [0mis regarded as
     the standard output. Note that the output of _u_n_s_q_u_e_e_z_e is a
     binary executable, and the standard output option is meant
     only for the purpose of piping into a program such as
     _s_t_r_i_n_g_s(1).  Sending the binary to the terminal could seri-
     ously confuse your terminal.

     The [1m-v [0mflag causes a short message to be printed on the
     standard output when not unsqueezing to the standard output.

     Except when unsqueezing to standard output, _u_n_s_q_u_e_e_z_e builds
     a temporary unsqueezed file and then copies that file to the
     destination file so that if the unsqueeze fails the old des-
     tination contents are preserved.  During the copy, the file
     mode is preserved, as is the ownership (if the compression
     is being performed by the superuser).

     Note that _u_n_s_q_u_e_e_z_e does not change the length of a file,
     only its disk occupancy.

[1mSEE ALSO
     [0msqueeze(1), strings(1), strip(1), a.out(5)

[1mAUTHOR
     [0mAndy Bray

















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