Adding upstream version 1.11.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>
2025-02-24 06:00:49 +01:00 · 2025-02-24 06:00:49 +01:00 · f08d47ccf4
commit f08d47ccf4
parent 4c3aebf1aa
31 changed files with 734 additions and 377 deletions
--- a/22
+++ b/22
@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
 2022-01-25  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>
 	* Version 1.11 released.
 	* zcmp.cc, zdiff.cc (main): Fix race returning 1 instead of 2 when a
 	  compressor is not found or when the wrong format is forced.
 	* zcmp.cc (getnum): Show option name and valid range if error.
 	* All tools: Show option name if error in option argument.
 	* Add support for zstd format to all tools.
 	* 'zdiff -v -V' now prints the version of the diff program used.
 	* 'zgrep --verbose -V' now prints the version of the grep program used.
 	* zutils.texi: Document recompression of read-only files by linking.
 	* zutils.texi: Change GNU Texinfo category to 'Compression'.
 	  (Reported by Alfred M. Szmidt).
 2021-01-05  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>
 	* Version 1.10 released.
@ -37,7 +51,7 @@
 	* zutils.cc (good_status): Wait for killed child.
 	* Test and document continuation or exit of zcat, zgrep, ztest,
 	  and zupdate in case of error.
-	* configure: Accept appending to CXXFLAGS, 'CXXFLAGS+=OPTIONS'.
+	* configure: Accept appending to CXXFLAGS; 'CXXFLAGS+=OPTIONS'.
 2018-02-13  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <antonio@gnu.org>
@ -147,8 +161,8 @@
 2009-10-05  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>
 	* Version 0.6 released.
-	* zcat.in, zgrep.in: Remove again default compressor. Format of
+	* zcat.in, zgrep.in: Remove again default compressor. The format of
-	  data read from stdin is now automatically detected.
+	  the data read from stdin is now automatically detected.
 	* Makefile.in: Add option '--name' to help2man invocation.
 2009-10-01  Antonio Diaz Diaz  <ant_diaz@teleline.es>
@ -180,7 +194,7 @@
 	* Version 0.1 released.
-Copyright (C) 2009-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+Copyright (C) 2009-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
 This file is a collection of facts, and thus it is not copyrightable,
 but just in case, you have unlimited permission to copy, distribute, and
--- a/7
+++ b/7
@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 Requirements
 ------------
-You will need a C++11 compiler. (gcc 3.3.6 or newer is recommended).
+You will need a C++98 compiler with suport for 'long long'.
-I use gcc 6.1.0 and 4.1.2, but the code should compile with any standards
+(gcc 3.3.6 or newer is recommended).
 I use gcc 6.1.0 and 3.3.6, but the code should compile with any standards
 compliant compiler.
 Gcc is available at http://gcc.gnu.org.
@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ After running 'configure', you can run 'make' and 'make install' as
 explained above.
-Copyright (C) 2009-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+Copyright (C) 2009-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
 This file is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy,
 distribute, and modify it.
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ scripts = zegrep zfgrep
 all : $(programs) $(scripts)
 zcat : $(zcat_objs)
-	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ $(zcat_objs)
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(zcat_objs)
 zcmp : $(zcmp_objs)
-	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ $(zcmp_objs)
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(zcmp_objs)
 zdiff : $(zdiff_objs)
-	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ $(zdiff_objs)
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(zdiff_objs)
 zegrep : zegrep.in
 	cat $(VPATH)/zegrep.in > $@
@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ zfgrep : zfgrep.in
 	chmod a+x zfgrep
 zgrep : $(zgrep_objs)
-	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ $(zgrep_objs)
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(zgrep_objs)
 ztest : $(ztest_objs)
-	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ $(ztest_objs)
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(ztest_objs)
 zupdate : $(zupdate_objs)
-	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ $(zupdate_objs)
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(zupdate_objs)
 rc.o : rc.cc
 	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -DPROGVERSION=\"$(pkgversion)\" -DSYSCONFDIR=\"$(sysconfdir)\" -c -o $@ $<
@ -91,27 +91,27 @@ man : $(VPATH)/doc/zcat.1 $(VPATH)/doc/zcmp.1 $(VPATH)/doc/zdiff.1 \
 $(VPATH)/doc/zcat.1 : zcat
 	help2man -n 'decompress and concatenate files to standard output' \
-	  -o $@ --no-info ./zcat
+	  -o $@ --info-page=$(pkgname) ./zcat
 $(VPATH)/doc/zcmp.1 : zcmp
 	help2man -n 'decompress and compare two files byte by byte' \
-	  -o $@ --no-info ./zcmp
+	  -o $@ --info-page=$(pkgname) ./zcmp
 $(VPATH)/doc/zdiff.1 : zdiff
 	help2man -n 'decompress and compare two files line by line' \
-	  -o $@ --no-info ./zdiff
+	  -o $@ --info-page=$(pkgname) ./zdiff
 $(VPATH)/doc/zgrep.1 : zgrep
 	help2man -n 'search compressed files for a regular expression' \
-	  -o $@ --no-info ./zgrep
+	  -o $@ --info-page=$(pkgname) ./zgrep
 $(VPATH)/doc/ztest.1 : ztest
 	help2man -n 'verify the integrity of compressed files' \
-	  -o $@ --no-info ./ztest
+	  -o $@ --info-page=$(pkgname) ./ztest
 $(VPATH)/doc/zupdate.1 : zupdate
-	help2man -n 'recompress bzip2, gzip, xz files to lzip format' \
+	help2man -n 'recompress bzip2, gzip, xz, zstd files to lzip format' \
-	  -o $@ --no-info ./zupdate
+	  -o $@ --info-page=$(pkgname) ./zupdate
 Makefile : $(VPATH)/configure $(VPATH)/Makefile.in
 	./config.status
--- a/33
+++ b/33
@ -1,9 +1,30 @@
-Changes in version 1.10:
+Changes in version 1.11:
-A portability issue with Solaris 10 has been fixed.
+A race has been fixed in zcmp and zdiff that sometimes made them return 1
 (files differ) instead of 2 (trouble) when a compressor is not found or when
 the wrong format is forced.
-It has been documented in the manual that 'zgrep -L' fails with GNU grep
+In case of error in an argument to a command line option, all tools now show
-versions 3.2 to 3.4 inclusive because of a wrong change reverted in GNU grep
+the name of the option.
 3.5.
-'make check' now tests empty input files with all tools except zupdate.
+In case of error in a numerical argument to a command line option, zcmp
 now shows the name of the option and the range of valid values.
 Support for the zstd format has been added to all tools. This allows, among
 other things, zupdating zstd files to lzip format for long-term archiving,
 and using zcmp along with the unzcrash tool (from the lziprecover package)
 to test zstd files.
 'zdiff --verbose --version' now prints the version of the diff program used
 if it supports the option '--version'.
 'zgrep --verbose --version' now prints the version of the grep program used
 if it supports the option '--version'.
 It has been documented in the manual how to recompress files with zupdate
 from a read-only file system to another place by first linking the files
 from the destination directory and then compressing the links:
 'ln -s /src/foo.gz . && zupdate foo.gz'
 The texinfo category of the manual has been changed from 'Data Compression'
 to 'Compression' to match that of gzip. (Reported by Alfred M. Szmidt).
--- a/13
+++ b/13
@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ programs. In particular the option '--recursive' is very efficient in
 those utilities supporting it.
 The utilities provided are zcat, zcmp, zdiff, zgrep, ztest, and zupdate.
-The formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, and xz.
+The formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, xz, and zstd.
 Zutils uses external compressors. The compressor to be used for each format
 is configurable at runtime.
@ -21,11 +21,14 @@ gzip's znew.
 NOTE: Bzip2 and lzip provide well-defined values of exit status, which makes
 them safe to use with zutils. Gzip and xz may return ambiguous warning
-values, making them less reliable back ends for zutils.
+values, making them less reliable back ends for zutils. Zstd currently does
 not even document its exit status in its man page.
 FORMAT NOTE 1: The option '--format' allows the processing of a subset
-of formats in recursive mode and when trying compressed file names:
+of formats in recursive mode and when trying compressed file names. For
-'zgrep foo -r --format=bz2,lz somedir somefile.tar'.
+example, use the following command to search for the string 'foo' in
 gzip and lzip files only:
 'zgrep foo -r --format=gz,lz somedir somefile.tar'.
 FORMAT NOTE 2: If the option '--force-format' is given, the files are
 passed to the corresponding decompressor without verifying their format,
@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ been compressed. Decompressed is used to refer to data which have undergone
 the process of decompression.
-Copyright (C) 2009-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+Copyright (C) 2009-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
 This file is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy,
 distribute, and modify it.
--- a/arg_parser.cc
+++ b/arg_parser.cc
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Arg_parser - POSIX/GNU command line argument parser. (C++ version)
-   Copyright (C) 2006-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+   Copyright (C) 2006-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
   This library is free software. Redistribution and use in source and
   binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided
@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ bool Arg_parser::parse_long_option( const char * const opt, const char * const a
  // Test all long options for either exact match or abbreviated matches.
  for( int i = 0; options[i].code != 0; ++i )
-    if( options[i].name && std::strncmp( options[i].name, &opt[2], len ) == 0 )
+    if( options[i].long_name &&
        std::strncmp( options[i].long_name, &opt[2], len ) == 0 )
      {
-      if( std::strlen( options[i].name ) == len )	// Exact match found
+      if( std::strlen( options[i].long_name ) == len )	// Exact match found
        { index = i; exact = true; break; }
      else if( index < 0 ) index = i;		// First nonexact match found
      else if( options[index].code != options[i].code ||
@ -58,19 +59,19 @@ bool Arg_parser::parse_long_option( const char * const opt, const char * const a
    }
  ++argind;
-  data.push_back( Record( options[index].code ) );
+  data.push_back( Record( options[index].code, options[index].long_name ) );
  if( opt[len+2] )		// '--<long_option>=<argument>' syntax
    {
    if( options[index].has_arg == no )
      {
-      error_ = "option '--"; error_ += options[index].name;
+      error_ = "option '--"; error_ += options[index].long_name;
      error_ += "' doesn't allow an argument";
      return false;
      }
    if( options[index].has_arg == yes && !opt[len+3] )
      {
-      error_ = "option '--"; error_ += options[index].name;
+      error_ = "option '--"; error_ += options[index].long_name;
      error_ += "' requires an argument";
      return false;
      }
@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ bool Arg_parser::parse_long_option( const char * const opt, const char * const a
    {
    if( !arg || !arg[0] )
      {
-      error_ = "option '--"; error_ += options[index].name;
+      error_ = "option '--"; error_ += options[index].long_name;
      error_ += "' requires an argument";
      return false;
      }
--- a/arg_parser.h
+++ b/arg_parser.h
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Arg_parser - POSIX/GNU command line argument parser. (C++ version)
-   Copyright (C) 2006-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+   Copyright (C) 2006-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
   This library is free software. Redistribution and use in source and
   binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided
@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
   In case of error, 'error' returns a non-empty error message.
   'options' is an array of 'struct Option' terminated by an element
-   containing a code which is zero. A null name means a short-only
+   containing a code which is zero. A null long_name means a short-only
-   option. A code value outside the unsigned char range means a
+   option. A code value outside the unsigned char range means a long-only
-   long-only option.
+   option.
   Arg_parser normally makes it appear as if all the option arguments
   were specified before all the non-option arguments for the purposes
@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public:
  struct Option
    {
    int code;			// Short option letter or code ( code != 0 )
-    const char * name;		// Long option name (maybe null)
+    const char * long_name;	// Long option name (maybe null)
    Has_arg has_arg;
    };
@ -56,8 +56,12 @@ private:
  struct Record
    {
    int code;
    std::string parsed_name;
    std::string argument;
-    explicit Record( const int c ) : code( c ) {}
+    explicit Record( const unsigned char c )
      : code( c ), parsed_name( "-" ) { parsed_name += c; }
    Record( const int c, const char * const long_name )
      : code( c ), parsed_name( "--" ) { parsed_name += long_name; }
    explicit Record( const char * const arg ) : code( 0 ), argument( arg ) {}
    };
@ -91,6 +95,13 @@ public:
    else return 0;
    }
  // Full name of the option parsed (short or long).
  const std::string & parsed_name( const int i ) const
    {
    if( i >= 0 && i < arguments() ) return data[i].parsed_name;
    else return empty_arg;
    }
  const std::string & argument( const int i ) const
    {
    if( i >= 0 && i < arguments() ) return data[i].argument;
--- a/6
+++ b/6
@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # configure script for Zutils - Utilities dealing with compressed files
-# Copyright (C) 2009-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
 #
 # This configure script is free software: you have unlimited permission
 # to copy, distribute, and modify it.
 pkgname=zutils
-pkgversion=1.10
+pkgversion=1.11
 srctrigger=doc/${pkgname}.texi
 # clear some things potentially inherited from environment.
@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ echo "GREP = ${GREP}"
 rm -f Makefile
 cat > Makefile << EOF
 # Makefile for Zutils - Utilities dealing with compressed files
-# Copyright (C) 2009-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
 # This file was generated automatically by configure. Don't edit.
 #
 # This Makefile is free software: you have unlimited permission
--- a/doc/zcat.1
+++ b/doc/zcat.1
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.16.
-.TH ZCAT "1" "January 2021" "zutils 1.10" "User Commands"
+.TH ZCAT "1" "January 2022" "zutils 1.11" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 zcat \- decompress and concatenate files to standard output
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ same compressed format.
 If no files are specified, recursive searches examine the current
 working directory, and nonrecursive searches read standard input.
 .PP
-The formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, and xz.
+The formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, xz, and zstd.
 .PP
 Exit status is 0 if no errors occurred, 1 otherwise.
 .SH OPTIONS
@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ number all output lines
 don't read runtime configuration file
 .TP
 \fB\-O\fR, \fB\-\-force\-format=\fR<fmt>
-force the format given (bz2, gz, lz, xz)
+force the format given (bz2, gz, lz, xz, zst)
 .TP
 \fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
 suppress all messages
@ -91,13 +91,28 @@ set compressor and options for lzip format
 .TP
 \fB\-\-xz=\fR<command>
 set compressor and options for xz format
 .TP
 \fB\-\-zst=\fR<command>
 set compressor and options for zstd format
 .SH "REPORTING BUGS"
 Report bugs to zutils\-bug@nongnu.org
 .br
 Zutils home page: http://www.nongnu.org/zutils/zutils.html
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+Copyright \(co 2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
 License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
 .br
 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 The full documentation for
 .B zcat
 is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
 .B info
 and
 .B zcat
 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
 .IP
 .B info zutils
 .PP
 should give you access to the complete manual.
--- a/doc/zcmp.1
+++ b/doc/zcmp.1
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.16.
-.TH ZCMP "1" "January 2021" "zutils 1.10" "User Commands"
+.TH ZCMP "1" "January 2022" "zutils 1.11" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 zcmp \- decompress and compare two files byte by byte
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ starting with 1. A hyphen '\-' used as a file argument means standard input.
 If any file given is compressed, its decompressed content is used. Compressed
 files are decompressed on the fly; no temporary files are created.
 .PP
-The formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, and xz.
+The formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, xz, and zstd.
 .PP
 zcmp compares file1 to file2. The standard input is used only if file1 or
 file2 refers to standard input. If file2 is omitted zcmp tries the
@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ the corresponding uncompressed file (the name of file1 with the
 extension removed).
 .IP
 \- If file1 is uncompressed, compares it with the decompressed
-contents of file1.[lz|bz2|gz|xz] (the first one that is found).
+contents of file1.[lz|bz2|gz|zst|xz] (the first one that is found).
 .PP
 Exit status is 0 if inputs are identical, 1 if different, 2 if trouble.
 .SH OPTIONS
@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ compare at most <n> bytes
 don't read runtime configuration file
 .TP
 \fB\-O\fR, \fB\-\-force\-format\fR=\fI\,[\/\fR<f1>][,<f2>]
-force the formats given (bz2, gz, lz, xz)
+force the formats given (bz2,gz,lz,xz,zst)
 .TP
 \fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
 suppress all messages
@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ set compressor and options for lzip format
 .TP
 \fB\-\-xz=\fR<command>
 set compressor and options for xz format
 .TP
 \fB\-\-zst=\fR<command>
 set compressor and options for zstd format
 .PP
 Numbers may be followed by a multiplier: k = kB = 10^3 = 1000,
 Ki = KiB = 2^10 = 1024, M = 10^6, Mi = 2^20, G = 10^9, Gi = 2^30, etc...
@ -83,8 +86,20 @@ Report bugs to zutils\-bug@nongnu.org
 .br
 Zutils home page: http://www.nongnu.org/zutils/zutils.html
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+Copyright \(co 2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
 License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
 .br
 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 The full documentation for
 .B zcmp
 is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
 .B info
 and
 .B zcmp
 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
 .IP
 .B info zutils
 .PP
 should give you access to the complete manual.
--- a/doc/zdiff.1
+++ b/doc/zdiff.1
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.16.
-.TH ZDIFF "1" "January 2021" "zutils 1.10" "User Commands"
+.TH ZDIFF "1" "January 2022" "zutils 1.11" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 zdiff \- decompress and compare two files line by line
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ input. If any file given is compressed, its decompressed content is used.
 zdiff is a front end to the program diff and has the limitation that messages
 from diff refer to temporary file names instead of those specified.
 .PP
-The formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, and xz.
+\&'zdiff \fB\-v\fR \fB\-V\fR' prints the version of the diff program used.
 .PP
 The formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, xz, and zstd.
 .PP
 zdiff compares file1 to file2. The standard input is used only if file1 or
 file2 refers to standard input. If file2 is omitted zdiff tries the
@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ the corresponding uncompressed file (the name of file1 with the
 extension removed).
 .IP
 \- If file1 is uncompressed, compares it with the decompressed
-contents of file1.[lz|bz2|gz|xz] (the first one that is found).
+contents of file1.[lz|bz2|gz|zst|xz] (the first one that is found).
 .PP
 Exit status is 0 if inputs are identical, 1 if different, 2 if trouble.
 Some options only work if the diff program used supports them.
@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ process only the formats in <list>
 don't read runtime configuration file
 .TP
 \fB\-O\fR, \fB\-\-force\-format\fR=\fI\,[\/\fR<f1>][,<f2>]
-force the formats given (bz2, gz, lz, xz)
+force the formats given (bz2,gz,lz,xz,zst)
 .TP
 \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-show\-c\-function\fR
 show which C function each change is in
@ -89,6 +91,9 @@ use the unified output format
 \fB\-U\fR, \fB\-\-unified=\fR<n>
 same as \fB\-u\fR but use <n> lines of context
 .TP
 \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
 verbose mode (for \fB\-\-version\fR)
 .TP
 \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\-all\-space\fR
 ignore all white space
 .TP
@ -109,13 +114,28 @@ set compressor and options for lzip format
 .TP
 \fB\-\-xz=\fR<command>
 set compressor and options for xz format
 .TP
 \fB\-\-zst=\fR<command>
 set compressor and options for zstd format
 .SH "REPORTING BUGS"
 Report bugs to zutils\-bug@nongnu.org
 .br
 Zutils home page: http://www.nongnu.org/zutils/zutils.html
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+Copyright \(co 2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
 License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
 .br
 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 The full documentation for
 .B zdiff
 is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
 .B info
 and
 .B zdiff
 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
 .IP
 .B info zutils
 .PP
 should give you access to the complete manual.
--- a/doc/zgrep.1
+++ b/doc/zgrep.1
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.16.
-.TH ZGREP "1" "January 2021" "zutils 1.10" "User Commands"
+.TH ZGREP "1" "January 2022" "zutils 1.11" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 zgrep \- search compressed files for a regular expression
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ compressed format.
 If no files are specified, recursive searches examine the current
 working directory, and nonrecursive searches read standard input.
 .PP
-The formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, and xz.
+\&'zgrep \fB\-\-verbose\fR \fB\-V\fR' prints the version of the grep program used.
 .PP
 The formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, xz, and zstd.
 .PP
 Exit status is 0 if match, 1 if no match, 2 if trouble.
 Some options only work if the grep program used supports them.
@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ don't read runtime configuration file
 show only the part of a line matching <pattern>
 .TP
 \fB\-O\fR, \fB\-\-force\-format=\fR<fmt>
-force the format given (bz2, gz, lz, xz)
+force the format given (bz2, gz, lz, xz, zst)
 .TP
 \fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
 suppress all messages
@ -138,6 +140,9 @@ set compressor and options for lzip format
 .TP
 \fB\-\-xz=\fR<command>
 set compressor and options for xz format
 .TP
 \fB\-\-zst=\fR<command>
 set compressor and options for zstd format
 .PP
 Numbers may be followed by a multiplier: k = kB = 10^3 = 1000,
 Ki = KiB = 2^10 = 1024, M = 10^6, Mi = 2^20, G = 10^9, Gi = 2^30, etc...
@ -146,8 +151,20 @@ Report bugs to zutils\-bug@nongnu.org
 .br
 Zutils home page: http://www.nongnu.org/zutils/zutils.html
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+Copyright \(co 2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
 License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
 .br
 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 The full documentation for
 .B zgrep
 is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
 .B info
 and
 .B zgrep
 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
 .IP
 .B info zutils
 .PP
 should give you access to the complete manual.
--- a/doc/ztest.1
+++ b/doc/ztest.1
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.16.
-.TH ZTEST "1" "January 2021" "zutils 1.10" "User Commands"
+.TH ZTEST "1" "January 2022" "zutils 1.11" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 ztest \- verify the integrity of compressed files
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ test when testing multiple files.
 If no files are specified, recursive searches examine the current
 working directory, and nonrecursive searches read standard input.
 .PP
-The formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, and xz.
+The formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, xz, and zstd.
 .PP
 Note that error detection in the xz format is broken. First, some xz
 files lack integrity information. Second, not all xz decompressors can
@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ process only the formats in <list>
 don't read runtime configuration file
 .TP
 \fB\-O\fR, \fB\-\-force\-format=\fR<fmt>
-force the format given (bz2, gz, lz, xz)
+force the format given (bz2, gz, lz, xz, zst)
 .TP
 \fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
 suppress all messages
@ -70,13 +70,28 @@ set compressor and options for lzip format
 .TP
 \fB\-\-xz=\fR<command>
 set compressor and options for xz format
 .TP
 \fB\-\-zst=\fR<command>
 set compressor and options for zstd format
 .SH "REPORTING BUGS"
 Report bugs to zutils\-bug@nongnu.org
 .br
 Zutils home page: http://www.nongnu.org/zutils/zutils.html
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+Copyright \(co 2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
 License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
 .br
 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 The full documentation for
 .B ztest
 is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
 .B info
 and
 .B ztest
 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
 .IP
 .B info zutils
 .PP
 should give you access to the complete manual.
--- a/doc/zupdate.1
+++ b/doc/zupdate.1
@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.47.16.
-.TH ZUPDATE "1" "January 2021" "zutils 1.10" "User Commands"
+.TH ZUPDATE "1" "January 2022" "zutils 1.11" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-zupdate \- recompress bzip2, gzip, xz files to lzip format
+zupdate \- recompress bzip2, gzip, xz, zstd files to lzip format
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B zupdate
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] [\fI\,files\/\fR]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-zupdate recompresses files from bzip2, gzip, and xz formats to lzip
+zupdate recompresses files from bzip2, gzip, xz, and zstd formats to lzip
 format. Each original is compared with the new file and then deleted.
 Only regular files with standard file name extensions are recompressed,
 other files are ignored. Compressed files are decompressed and then
@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ to be safe and not cause any data loss. Therefore, existing lzip
 compressed files are never overwritten nor deleted.
 .PP
 The names of the original files must have one of the following extensions:
-\&'.bz2', '.gz', or '.xz', which are recompressed to '.lz';
+.PP
-\&'.tbz', '.tbz2', '.tgz', or '.txz', which are recompressed to '.tlz'.
+\&'.bz2', '.gz', '.xz', or '.zst', which are recompressed to '.lz'.
 .PP
 \&'.tbz', '.tbz2', '.tgz', '.txz', or '.tzst', which are recompressed to '.tlz'.
 .PP
 Exit status is 0 if all the compressed files were successfully recompressed
 (if needed), compared, and deleted (if requested). Non\-zero otherwise.
@ -79,13 +81,28 @@ set compressor and options for lzip format
 .TP
 \fB\-\-xz=\fR<command>
 set compressor and options for xz format
 .TP
 \fB\-\-zst=\fR<command>
 set compressor and options for zstd format
 .SH "REPORTING BUGS"
 Report bugs to zutils\-bug@nongnu.org
 .br
 Zutils home page: http://www.nongnu.org/zutils/zutils.html
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright \(co 2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+Copyright \(co 2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
 License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
 .br
 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 The full documentation for
 .B zupdate
 is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
 .B info
 and
 .B zupdate
 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
 .IP
 .B info zutils
 .PP
 should give you access to the complete manual.
--- a/doc/zutils.info
+++ b/doc/zutils.info
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 This is zutils.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.13+ from zutils.texi.
-INFO-DIR-SECTION Data Compression
+INFO-DIR-SECTION Compression
 START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
 * Zutils: (zutils).             Utilities dealing with compressed files
 END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ File: zutils.info,  Node: Top,  Next: Introduction,  Up: (dir)
 Zutils Manual
 *************
-This manual is for Zutils (version 1.10, 5 January 2021).
+This manual is for Zutils (version 1.11, 25 January 2022).
 * Menu:
@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ This manual is for Zutils (version 1.10, 5 January 2021).
 * Concept index::       Index of concepts
-   Copyright (C) 2009-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+   Copyright (C) 2009-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
   This manual is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy,
 distribute, and modify it.
@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ programs. In particular the option '--recursive' is very efficient in those
 utilities supporting it.
 The utilities provided are zcat, zcmp, zdiff, zgrep, ztest, and zupdate.
-The formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, and xz.
+The formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, xz, and zstd.
 Zutils uses external compressors. The compressor to be used for each format
 is configurable at runtime.
@ -60,12 +60,14 @@ to gzip's znew.
   NOTE: Bzip2 and lzip provide well-defined values of exit status, which
 makes them safe to use with zutils. Gzip and xz may return ambiguous warning
-values, making them less reliable back ends for zutils. *Note
+values, making them less reliable back ends for zutils. Zstd currently does
 not even document its exit status in its man page. *Note
 compressor-requirements::.
   FORMAT NOTE 1: The option '--format' allows the processing of a subset
-of formats in recursive mode and when trying compressed file names:
+of formats in recursive mode and when trying compressed file names. For
-'zgrep foo -r --format=bz2,lz somedir somefile.tar'.
+example, use the following command to search for the string 'foo' in gzip
 and lzip files only: 'zgrep foo -r --format=gz,lz somedir somefile.tar'.
   FORMAT NOTE 2: If the option '--force-format' is given, the files are
 passed to the corresponding decompressor without verifying their format,
@ -110,12 +112,14 @@ here. *Note Argument syntax: (arg_parser)Argument syntax.
 '-V'
 '--version'
     Print the version number on the standard output and exit. This version
-     number should be included in all bug reports.
+     number should be included in all bug reports. In verbose mode, zdiff
     and zgrep print also the version of the diff or grep program used
     respectively.
 '-M FORMAT_LIST'
 '--format=FORMAT_LIST'
     Process only the formats listed in the comma-separated FORMAT_LIST.
-     Valid formats are 'bz2', 'gz', 'lz', 'xz', and 'un' for
+     Valid formats are 'bz2', 'gz', 'lz', 'xz', 'zst', and 'un' for
     'uncompressed', meaning "any file name without a known extension".
     This option excludes files based on extension, instead of format,
     because it is more efficient. The exclusion only applies to names
@ -130,6 +134,7 @@ here. *Note Argument syntax: (arg_parser)Argument syntax.
     gz    enables   .gz .tgz
     lz    enables   .lz .tlz
     xz    enables   .xz .txz
     zst   enables   .zst .tzst
     un    enables   any other file name
 '-N'
@ -140,17 +145,18 @@ here. *Note Argument syntax: (arg_parser)Argument syntax.
 '--gz=COMMAND'
 '--lz=COMMAND'
 '--xz=COMMAND'
 '--zst=COMMAND'
     Set program to be used as (de)compressor for the corresponding format.
     COMMAND may include arguments. For example '--lz='plzip --threads=2''.
     The program set with '--lz' is used for both compression and
-     decompression. The other three are used only for decompression. The
+     decompression. The others are used only for decompression. The name of
-     name of the program can't begin with '-'. These options override the
+     the program can't begin with '-'. These options override the values
-     values set in 'zutilsrc'. The compression program used must meet three
+     set in 'zutilsrc'. The compression program used must meet three
     requirements:
-       1. When called with the option '-d', it must read compressed data
+       1. When called with the option '-d' and without file names, it must
-          from the standard input and produce decompressed data on the
+          read compressed data from the standard input and produce
-          standard output.
+          decompressed data on the standard output.
       2. If the option '-q' is passed to zutils, the compression program
          must also accept it.
@ -181,7 +187,7 @@ is fairly obvious (and there are further instructions in it):
  2. Each non-comment line defines the command to be used for the
     corresponding format, with the syntax:
          <format> = <compressor> [options]
-     where <format> is one of 'bz2', 'gz', 'lz', or 'xz'.
+     where <format> is one of 'bz2', 'gz', 'lz', 'xz', or 'zst'.
 File: zutils.info,  Node: Zcat,  Next: Zcmp,  Prev: The zutilsrc file,  Up: Top
@ -235,9 +241,10 @@ Exit status is 0 if no errors occurred, 1 otherwise.
 '-O FORMAT'
 '--force-format=FORMAT'
     Force the compressed format given. Valid values for FORMAT are 'bz2',
-     'gz', 'lz', and 'xz'. If this option is used, the files are passed to
+     'gz', 'lz', 'xz', and 'zst'. If this option is used, the files are
-     the corresponding decompressor without verifying their format, and the
+     passed to the corresponding decompressor without verifying their
-     exact file name must be given. Other names won't be tried.
+     format, and the exact file name must be given. Other names won't be
     tried.
 '-q'
 '--quiet'
@ -301,7 +308,7 @@ following:
     removed).
   - If FILE1 is uncompressed, compares it with the decompressed contents
-     of FILE1.[lz|bz2|gz|xz] (the first one that is found).
+     of FILE1.[lz|bz2|gz|zst|xz] (the first one that is found).
 An exit status of 0 means no differences were found, 1 means some
 differences were found, and 2 means trouble.
@ -336,11 +343,11 @@ differences were found, and 2 means trouble.
 '--force-format=[FORMAT1][,FORMAT2]'
     Force the compressed formats given. Any of FORMAT1 or FORMAT2 may be
     omitted and the corresponding format will be automatically detected.
-     Valid values for FORMAT are 'bz2', 'gz', 'lz', and 'xz'. If at least
+     Valid values for FORMAT are 'bz2', 'gz', 'lz', 'xz', and 'zst'. If at
-     one format is specified with this option, the file is passed to the
+     least one format is specified with this option, the file is passed to
-     corresponding decompressor without verifying its format, and the exact
+     the corresponding decompressor without verifying its format, and the
-     file names of both FILE1 and FILE2 must be given. Other names won't be
+     exact file names of both FILE1 and FILE2 must be given. Other names
-     tried.
+     won't be tried.
 '-q'
 '-s'
@ -376,7 +383,7 @@ following:
     removed).
   - If FILE1 is uncompressed, compares it with the decompressed contents
-     of FILE1.[lz|bz2|gz|xz] (the first one that is found).
+     of FILE1.[lz|bz2|gz|zst|xz] (the first one that is found).
 An exit status of 0 means no differences were found, 1 means some
 differences were found, and 2 means trouble.
@ -419,11 +426,11 @@ program used supports them):
 '--force-format=[FORMAT1][,FORMAT2]'
     Force the compressed formats given. Any of FORMAT1 or FORMAT2 may be
     omitted and the corresponding format will be automatically detected.
-     Valid values for FORMAT are 'bz2', 'gz', 'lz', and 'xz'. If at least
+     Valid values for FORMAT are 'bz2', 'gz', 'lz', 'xz', and 'zst'. If at
-     one format is specified with this option, the file is passed to the
+     least one format is specified with this option, the file is passed to
-     corresponding decompressor without verifying its format, and the exact
+     the corresponding decompressor without verifying its format, and the
-     file names of both FILE1 and FILE2 must be given. Other names won't be
+     exact file names of both FILE1 and FILE2 must be given. Other names
-     tried.
+     won't be tried.
 '-p'
 '--show-c-function'
@ -452,6 +459,11 @@ program used supports them):
 '--unified=N'
     Same as -u but use N lines of context.
 '-v'
 '--verbose'
     When specified before '--version', print the version of the diff
     program used.
 '-w'
 '--ignore-all-space'
     Ignore all white space.
@ -576,9 +588,10 @@ program used supports them):
 '-O FORMAT'
 '--force-format=FORMAT'
     Force the compressed format given. Valid values for FORMAT are 'bz2',
-     'gz', 'lz', and 'xz'. If this option is used, the files are passed to
+     'gz', 'lz', 'xz', and 'zst'. If this option is used, the files are
-     the corresponding decompressor without verifying their format, and the
+     passed to the corresponding decompressor without verifying their
-     exact file name must be given. Other names won't be tried.
+     format, and the exact file name must be given. Other names won't be
     tried.
 '-q'
 '--quiet'
@ -605,7 +618,8 @@ program used supports them):
     Select non-matching lines.
 '--verbose'
-     Verbose mode. Show error messages.
+     Verbose mode. Show error messages. When specified before '--version',
     print the version of the grep program used.
 '-w'
 '--word-regexp'
@ -634,6 +648,10 @@ test when testing multiple files.
   If no files are specified, recursive searches examine the current working
 directory, and nonrecursive searches read standard input.
   Bzip2, gzip, and lzip are the primary formats. Xz and zstd are optional.
 If the decompressor for the xz or zstd formats is not found, the
 corresponding files are ignored.
   Note that error detection in the xz format is broken. First, some xz
 files lack integrity information. Second, not all xz decompressors can
 verify the integrity of all xz files. Third, section 2.1.1.2 'Stream Flags'
@ -654,11 +672,12 @@ compressed file is corrupt or invalid.
 '-O FORMAT'
 '--force-format=FORMAT'
     Force the compressed format given. Valid values for FORMAT are 'bz2',
-     'gz', 'lz', and 'xz'. If this option is used, the files are passed to
+     'gz', 'lz', 'xz', and 'zst'. If this option is used, the files are
-     the corresponding decompressor without verifying their format, and any
+     passed to the corresponding decompressor without verifying their
-     files in a format that the decompressor can't understand will fail.
+     format, and any files in a format that the decompressor can't
-     For example, '--force-format=gz' can test gzipped (.gz) and compress'd
+     understand will fail. For example, '--force-format=gz' can test
-     (.Z) files if the compressor used is GNU gzip.
+     gzipped (.gz) and compress'd (.Z) files if the compressor used is GNU
     gzip.
 '-q'
 '--quiet'
@ -687,14 +706,14 @@ File: zutils.info,  Node: Zupdate,  Next: Problems,  Prev: Ztest,  Up: Top
 9 Zupdate
 *********
-zupdate recompresses files from bzip2, gzip, and xz formats to lzip format.
+zupdate recompresses files from bzip2, gzip, xz, and zstd formats to lzip
-Each original is compared with the new file and then deleted. Only regular
+format. Each original is compared with the new file and then deleted. Only
-files with standard file name extensions are recompressed, other files are
+regular files with standard file name extensions are recompressed, other
-ignored. Compressed files are decompressed and then recompressed on the fly;
+files are ignored. Compressed files are decompressed and then recompressed
-no temporary files are created. If an error happens while recompressing a
+on the fly; no temporary files are created. If an error happens while
-file, zupdate exits immediately without recompressing the rest of the files.
+recompressing a file, zupdate exits immediately without recompressing the
-The lzip format is chosen as destination because it is the most appropriate
+rest of the files. The lzip format is chosen as destination because it is
-for long-term data archiving.
+the most appropriate for long-term data archiving.
   If no files are specified, recursive searches examine the current working
 directory, and nonrecursive searches do nothing.
@ -706,17 +725,26 @@ the original file is not deleted. The operation of zupdate is meant to be
 safe and not cause any data loss. Therefore, existing lzip compressed files
 are never overwritten nor deleted.
   Recompressing files from a read-only file system to another place can be
 done by first linking the files from the destination directory and then
 compressing the links: 'ln -s /src/foo.gz . && zupdate foo.gz'
   Combining the options '--force' and '--keep', as in
 'zupdate -f -k *.gz', verifies that there are no differences between each
 pair of files in a multiformat set of files.
   The names of the original files must have one of the following
 extensions:
-'.bz2', '.gz', or '.xz', which are recompressed to '.lz';
+'.bz2', '.gz', '.xz', or '.zst', which are recompressed to '.lz';
-'.tbz', '.tbz2', '.tgz', or '.txz', which are recompressed to '.tlz'.
+'.tbz', '.tbz2', '.tgz', '.txz', or '.tzst', which are recompressed to
 '.tlz'.
 Keeping the combined extensions ('.tgz' -> '.tlz') may be useful when
 recompressing Slackware packages, for example.
   Bzip2, gzip, and lzip are the primary formats. Xz and zstd are optional.
 If the decompressor for the xz or zstd formats is not found, the
 corresponding files are ignored.
   Recompressing a file is much like copying or moving it; therefore zupdate
 preserves the access and modification dates, permissions, and, when
 possible, ownership of the file just as 'cp -p' does. (If the user ID or
@ -816,19 +844,19 @@ Concept index
 Tag Table:
-Node: Top222
+Node: Top217
-Node: Introduction1151
+Node: Introduction1147
-Node: Common options3776
+Node: Common options3947
-Ref: compressor-requirements5847
+Ref: compressor-requirements6181
-Node: The zutilsrc file6219
+Node: The zutilsrc file6576
-Node: Zcat7180
+Node: Zcat7544
-Node: Zcmp9743
+Node: Zcmp10119
-Node: Zdiff12233
+Node: Zdiff12620
-Node: Zgrep14973
+Node: Zgrep15478
-Node: Ztest19218
+Node: Ztest19819
-Node: Zupdate21725
+Node: Zupdate22513
-Node: Problems25409
+Node: Problems26607
-Node: Concept index25943
+Node: Concept index27141
 End Tag Table
--- a/doc/zutils.texi
+++ b/doc/zutils.texi
@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
@finalout
@c %**end of header
-@set UPDATED 5 January 2021
+@set UPDATED 25 January 2022
-@set VERSION 1.10
+@set VERSION 1.11
-@dircategory Data Compression
+@dircategory Compression
@direntry
 * Zutils: (zutils).             Utilities dealing with compressed files
@end direntry
@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ This manual is for Zutils (version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}).
@end menu
@sp 1
-Copyright @copyright{} 2009-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+Copyright @copyright{} 2009-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
 This manual is free documentation: you have unlimited permission to copy,
 distribute, and modify it.
@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ those utilities supporting it.
@noindent
 The utilities provided are zcat, zcmp, zdiff, zgrep, ztest, and zupdate.@*
-The formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, and xz.@*
+The formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, xz, and zstd.@*
 Zutils uses external compressors. The compressor to be used for each format
 is configurable at runtime.
@ -84,12 +84,15 @@ gzip's znew.
 NOTE: Bzip2 and lzip provide well-defined values of exit status, which makes
 them safe to use with zutils. Gzip and xz may return ambiguous warning
-values, making them less reliable back ends for zutils.
+values, making them less reliable back ends for zutils. Zstd currently does
 not even document its exit status in its man page.
@xref{compressor-requirements}.
 FORMAT NOTE 1: The option @samp{--format} allows the processing of a subset
-of formats in recursive mode and when trying compressed file names:
+of formats in recursive mode and when trying compressed file names. For
-@w{@samp{zgrep foo -r --format=bz2,lz somedir somefile.tar}}.
+example, use the following command to search for the string @samp{foo} in
 gzip and lzip files only:
@w{@samp{zgrep foo -r --format=gz,lz somedir somefile.tar}}.
 FORMAT NOTE 2: If the option @samp{--force-format} is given, the files are
 passed to the corresponding decompressor without verifying their format,
@ -141,17 +144,19 @@ only supports the @samp{--help} form of this option.
@itemx --version
 Print the version number on the standard output and exit.
 This version number should be included in all bug reports.
 In verbose mode, zdiff and zgrep print also the version of the diff or grep
 program used respectively.
@item -M @var{format_list}
@itemx --format=@var{format_list}
-Process only the formats listed in the comma-separated
+Process only the formats listed in the comma-separated @var{format_list}.
-@var{format_list}. Valid formats are @samp{bz2}, @samp{gz}, @samp{lz},
+Valid formats are @samp{bz2}, @samp{gz}, @samp{lz}, @samp{xz}, @samp{zst},
-@samp{xz}, and @samp{un} for @samp{uncompressed}, meaning "any file name
+and @samp{un} for @samp{uncompressed}, meaning "any file name without a
-without a known extension". This option excludes files based on
+known extension". This option excludes files based on extension, instead of
-extension, instead of format, because it is more efficient. The
+format, because it is more efficient. The exclusion only applies to names
-exclusion only applies to names generated automatically (for example
+generated automatically (for example when adding extensions to a file name
-when adding extensions to a file name or when operating recursively on
+or when operating recursively on directories). Files given in the command
-directories). Files given in the command line are always processed.
+line are always processed.
 Each format in @var{format_list} enables file names with the following
 extensions:
@ -161,6 +166,7 @@ extensions:
@item gz  @tab enables @tab .gz .tgz
@item lz  @tab enables @tab .lz .tlz
@item xz  @tab enables @tab .xz .txz
@item zst @tab enables @tab .zst .tzst
@item un  @tab enables @tab any other file name
@end multitable
@ -172,19 +178,21 @@ Don't read the runtime configuration file @samp{zutilsrc}.
@itemx --gz=@var{command}
@itemx --lz=@var{command}
@itemx --xz=@var{command}
@itemx --zst=@var{command}
 Set program to be used as (de)compressor for the corresponding format.
@var{command} may include arguments. For example
@w{@samp{--lz='plzip --threads=2'}}. The program set with @samp{--lz} is
-used for both compression and decompression. The other three are used only
+used for both compression and decompression. The others are used only for
-for decompression. The name of the program can't begin with @samp{-}. These
+decompression. The name of the program can't begin with @samp{-}. These
 options override the values set in @file{zutilsrc}. The compression program
 used must meet three requirements:
@anchor{compressor-requirements}
@enumerate
@item
-When called with the option @samp{-d}, it must read compressed data from
+When called with the option @samp{-d} and without file names, it must read
-the standard input and produce decompressed data on the standard output.
+compressed data from the standard input and produce decompressed data on the
 standard output.
@item
 If the option @samp{-q} is passed to zutils, the compression program must
 also accept it.
@ -220,7 +228,8 @@ format, with the syntax:
@example
 <format> = <compressor> [options]
@end example
-where <format> is one of @samp{bz2}, @samp{gz}, @samp{lz}, or @samp{xz}.
+where <format> is one of @samp{bz2}, @samp{gz}, @samp{lz}, @samp{xz}, or
@samp{zst}.
@end enumerate
@ -278,10 +287,10 @@ Number all output lines, starting with 1. The line count is unlimited.
@item -O @var{format}
@itemx --force-format=@var{format}
 Force the compressed format given. Valid values for @var{format} are
-@samp{bz2}, @samp{gz}, @samp{lz}, and @samp{xz}. If this option is used,
+@samp{bz2}, @samp{gz}, @samp{lz}, @samp{xz}, and @samp{zst}. If this option
-the files are passed to the corresponding decompressor without verifying
+is used, the files are passed to the corresponding decompressor without
-their format, and the exact file name must be given. Other names won't
+verifying their format, and the exact file name must be given. Other names
-be tried.
+won't be tried.
@item -q
@itemx --quiet
@ -350,7 +359,7 @@ the corresponding uncompressed file (the name of @var{file1} with the
 extension removed).
@item
 If @var{file1} is uncompressed, compares it with the decompressed
-contents of @var{file1}.[lz|bz2|gz|xz] (the first one that is found).
+contents of @var{file1}.[lz|bz2|gz|zst|xz] (the first one that is found).
@end itemize
@noindent
@ -387,13 +396,13 @@ Compare at most @var{count} input bytes.
@item -O [@var{format1}][,@var{format2}]
@itemx --force-format=[@var{format1}][,@var{format2}]
-Force the compressed formats given. Any of @var{format1} or
+Force the compressed formats given. Any of @var{format1} or @var{format2}
-@var{format2} may be omitted and the corresponding format will be
+may be omitted and the corresponding format will be automatically detected.
-automatically detected. Valid values for @var{format} are @samp{bz2},
+Valid values for @var{format} are @samp{bz2}, @samp{gz}, @samp{lz},
-@samp{gz}, @samp{lz}, and @samp{xz}. If at least one format is specified
+@samp{xz}, and @samp{zst}. If at least one format is specified with this
-with this option, the file is passed to the corresponding decompressor
+option, the file is passed to the corresponding decompressor without
-without verifying its format, and the exact file names of both
+verifying its format, and the exact file names of both @var{file1} and
-@var{file1} and @var{file2} must be given. Other names won't be tried.
+@var{file2} must be given. Other names won't be tried.
@item -q
@itemx -s
@ -434,7 +443,7 @@ the corresponding uncompressed file (the name of @var{file1} with the
 extension removed).
@item
 If @var{file1} is uncompressed, compares it with the decompressed
-contents of @var{file1}.[lz|bz2|gz|xz] (the first one that is found).
+contents of @var{file1}.[lz|bz2|gz|zst|xz] (the first one that is found).
@end itemize
@noindent
@ -478,13 +487,13 @@ Ignore case differences in file contents.
@item -O [@var{format1}][,@var{format2}]
@itemx --force-format=[@var{format1}][,@var{format2}]
-Force the compressed formats given. Any of @var{format1} or
+Force the compressed formats given. Any of @var{format1} or @var{format2}
-@var{format2} may be omitted and the corresponding format will be
+may be omitted and the corresponding format will be automatically detected.
-automatically detected. Valid values for @var{format} are @samp{bz2},
+Valid values for @var{format} are @samp{bz2}, @samp{gz}, @samp{lz},
-@samp{gz}, @samp{lz}, and @samp{xz}. If at least one format is specified
+@samp{xz}, and @samp{zst}. If at least one format is specified with this
-with this option, the file is passed to the corresponding decompressor
+option, the file is passed to the corresponding decompressor without
-without verifying its format, and the exact file names of both
+verifying its format, and the exact file names of both @var{file1} and
-@var{file1} and @var{file2} must be given. Other names won't be tried.
+@var{file2} must be given. Other names won't be tried.
@item -p
@itemx --show-c-function
@ -513,6 +522,11 @@ Use the unified output format.
@itemx --unified=@var{n}
 Same as -u but use @var{n} lines of context.
@item -v
@itemx --verbose
 When specified before @samp{--version}, print the version of the diff
 program used.
@item -w
@itemx --ignore-all-space
 Ignore all white space.
@ -644,10 +658,10 @@ Show only the part of matching lines that actually matches @var{pattern}.
@item -O @var{format}
@itemx --force-format=@var{format}
 Force the compressed format given. Valid values for @var{format} are
-@samp{bz2}, @samp{gz}, @samp{lz}, and @samp{xz}. If this option is used,
+@samp{bz2}, @samp{gz}, @samp{lz}, @samp{xz}, and @samp{zst}. If this option
-the files are passed to the corresponding decompressor without verifying
+is used, the files are passed to the corresponding decompressor without
-their format, and the exact file name must be given. Other names won't
+verifying their format, and the exact file name must be given. Other names
-be tried.
+won't be tried.
@item -q
@itemx --quiet
@ -674,7 +688,8 @@ Suppress error messages about nonexistent or unreadable files.
 Select non-matching lines.
@item --verbose
-Verbose mode. Show error messages.
+Verbose mode. Show error messages. When specified before @samp{--version},
 print the version of the grep program used.
@item -w
@itemx --word-regexp
@ -703,6 +718,10 @@ test when testing multiple files.
 If no files are specified, recursive searches examine the current working
 directory, and nonrecursive searches read standard input.
 Bzip2, gzip, and lzip are the primary formats. Xz and zstd are optional. If
 the decompressor for the xz or zstd formats is not found, the corresponding
 files are ignored.
 Note that error detection in the xz format is broken. First, some xz
 files lack integrity information. Second, not all xz decompressors can
@uref{http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/xz_inadequate.html#fragmented,,verify the integrity}
@ -730,11 +749,11 @@ ztest supports the following options:
@item -O @var{format}
@itemx --force-format=@var{format}
 Force the compressed format given. Valid values for @var{format} are
-@samp{bz2}, @samp{gz}, @samp{lz}, and @samp{xz}. If this option is used, the
+@samp{bz2}, @samp{gz}, @samp{lz}, @samp{xz}, and @samp{zst}. If this option
-files are passed to the corresponding decompressor without verifying their
+is used, the files are passed to the corresponding decompressor without
-format, and any files in a format that the decompressor can't understand
+verifying their format, and any files in a format that the decompressor
-will fail. For example, @samp{--force-format=gz} can test gzipped (.gz) and
+can't understand will fail. For example, @samp{--force-format=gz} can test
-compress'd (.Z) files if the compressor used is GNU gzip.
+gzipped (.gz) and compress'd (.Z) files if the compressor used is GNU gzip.
@item -q
@itemx --quiet
@ -763,14 +782,14 @@ Further -v's increase the verbosity level.
@chapter Zupdate
@cindex zupdate
-zupdate recompresses files from bzip2, gzip, and xz formats to lzip format.
+zupdate recompresses files from bzip2, gzip, xz, and zstd formats to lzip
-Each original is compared with the new file and then deleted. Only regular
+format. Each original is compared with the new file and then deleted. Only
-files with standard file name extensions are recompressed, other files are
+regular files with standard file name extensions are recompressed, other
-ignored. Compressed files are decompressed and then recompressed on the fly;
+files are ignored. Compressed files are decompressed and then recompressed
-no temporary files are created. If an error happens while recompressing a
+on the fly; no temporary files are created. If an error happens while
-file, zupdate exits immediately without recompressing the rest of the files.
+recompressing a file, zupdate exits immediately without recompressing the
-The lzip format is chosen as destination because it is the most appropriate
+rest of the files. The lzip format is chosen as destination because it is
-for long-term data archiving.
+the most appropriate for long-term data archiving.
 If no files are specified, recursive searches examine the current working
 directory, and nonrecursive searches do nothing.
@ -782,21 +801,29 @@ and the original file is not deleted. The operation of zupdate is meant
 to be safe and not cause any data loss. Therefore, existing lzip
 compressed files are never overwritten nor deleted.
 Recompressing files from a read-only file system to another place can be
 done by first linking the files from the destination directory and then
 compressing the links: @w{@samp{ln -s /src/foo.gz . && zupdate foo.gz}}
 Combining the options @samp{--force} and @samp{--keep}, as in
@w{@samp{zupdate -f -k *.gz}}, verifies that there are no differences
 between each pair of files in a multiformat set of files.
 The names of the original files must have one of the following extensions:@*
-@samp{.bz2}, @samp{.gz}, or @samp{.xz}, which are recompressed to
+@samp{.bz2}, @samp{.gz}, @samp{.xz}, or @samp{.zst}, which are recompressed
-@samp{.lz};@*
+to @samp{.lz};@*
-@samp{.tbz}, @samp{.tbz2}, @samp{.tgz}, or @samp{.txz}, which are
+@samp{.tbz}, @samp{.tbz2}, @samp{.tgz}, @samp{.txz}, or @samp{.tzst}, which
-recompressed to @samp{.tlz}.@*
+are recompressed to @samp{.tlz}.@*
 Keeping the combined extensions (@samp{.tgz} --> @samp{.tlz}) may be useful
 when recompressing Slackware packages, for example.
 Bzip2, gzip, and lzip are the primary formats. Xz and zstd are optional. If
 the decompressor for the xz or zstd formats is not found, the corresponding
 files are ignored.
 Recompressing a file is much like copying or moving it; therefore zupdate
 preserves the access and modification dates, permissions, and, when
-possible, ownership of the file just as @samp{cp -p} does. (If the user ID or
+possible, ownership of the file just as @w{@samp{cp -p}} does. (If the user ID or
 the group ID can't be duplicated, the file permission bits S_ISUID and
 S_ISGID are cleared).
--- a/rc.cc
+++ b/rc.cc
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Zutils - Utilities dealing with compressed files
-   Copyright (C) 2009-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+   Copyright (C) 2009-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ int verbosity = 0;
 namespace {
 const char * const config_file_name = "zutilsrc";
-const char * const     program_year = "2021";
+const char * const     program_year = "2022";
 std::string compressor_names[num_formats] =
-  { "bzip2", "gzip", "lzip", "xz" };		// default compressor names
+  { "bzip2", "gzip", "lzip", "xz", "zstd" };	// default compressor names
-// args to compressors read from rc or from options --[bglx]z, maybe empty
+// args to compressors read from rc or from options like --lz, maybe empty
 std::vector< std::string > compressor_args[num_formats];
 // vector of enabled formats plus [num_formats] for uncompressed.
@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ const struct { const char * from; const char * to; int format_index; }
  { ".tlz",  ".tar", fmt_lz },
  { ".xz",   "",     fmt_xz },
  { ".txz",  ".tar", fmt_xz },
  { ".zst",  "",     fmt_zst },
  { ".tzst", ".tar", fmt_zst },
  { 0,       0,      -1 } };
@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ int my_fgetc( FILE * const f )
  }
-// Returns the parity of escapes (backslashes) at the end of a string.
+// Return the parity of escapes (backslashes) at the end of a string.
 bool trailing_escape( const std::string & s )
  {
  unsigned len = s.size();
@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ bool trailing_escape( const std::string & s )
 /* Read a line discarding comments, leading whitespace, and blank lines.
   Escaped newlines are discarded.
-   Returns the empty string if at EOF.
+   Return the empty string if at EOF.
 */
 const std::string & my_fgets( FILE * const f, int & linenum )
  {
@ -186,7 +188,7 @@ bool parse_rc_line( const std::string & line,
  }
-    // Returns 0 for success, 1 for file not found, 2 for syntax error.
+    // Return 0 if success, 1 if file not found, 2 if syntax error.
 int process_rcfile( const std::string & name )
  {
  FILE * const f = std::fopen( name.c_str(), "r" );
@ -217,7 +219,7 @@ bool enabled_format( const int format_index )
  }
-void parse_format_list( const std::string & arg )
+void parse_format_list( const std::string & arg, const char * const pn )
  {
  const std::string un( "uncompressed" );
  bool error = arg.empty();
@ -236,17 +238,22 @@ void parse_format_list( const std::string & arg )
      { error = true; break; }
    enabled_formats[format_index] = true;
    }
-  if( error )
+  if( !error ) return;
-    { show_error( "Bad argument for option '--format'." ); std::exit( 1 ); }
+  if( verbosity >= 0 )
    std::fprintf( stderr, "%s: Bad argument in option '%s'.\n",
                  program_name, pn );
  std::exit( 1 );
  }
-int parse_format_type( const std::string & arg )
+int parse_format_type( const std::string & arg, const char * const pn )
  {
  for( int i = 0; i < num_formats; ++i )
    if( arg == format_names[i] )
      return i;
-  show_error( "Bad argument for option '--force-format'." );
+  if( verbosity >= 0 )
    std::fprintf( stderr, "%s: Bad argument in option '%s'.\n",
                  program_name, pn );
  std::exit( 1 );
  }
@ -322,10 +329,24 @@ void show_help_addr()
  }
-void show_version()
+void show_version( const char * const command )
  {
  std::printf( "%s (zutils) %s\n", program_name, PROGVERSION );
  std::printf( "Copyright (C) %s Antonio Diaz Diaz.\n", program_year );
  if( command && verbosity >= 1 )
    {
    FILE * const f = popen( command, "r" );
    if( f )
      {
      char command_version[1024] = { 0 };
      const int rd = std::fread( command_version, 1, sizeof command_version, f );
      pclose( f );
      int i = 0;
      while( i + 1 < rd && command_version[i] != '\n' ) ++i;
      command_version[i] = 0;
      if( command_version[0] ) std::printf( "Using %s\n", command_version );
      }
    }
  std::printf( "License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>\n"
               "This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.\n"
               "There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.\n" );
--- a/rc.h
+++ b/rc.h
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Zutils - Utilities dealing with compressed files
-   Copyright (C) 2009-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+   Copyright (C) 2009-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@ -15,16 +15,17 @@
   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
-enum { fmt_bz2, fmt_gz, fmt_lz, fmt_xz, num_formats };	// format_index
+enum { fmt_bz2, fmt_gz, fmt_lz, fmt_xz, fmt_zst, num_formats };	// format_index
-const char * const format_names[num_formats] = { "bz2", "gz", "lz", "xz" };
+const char * const format_names[num_formats] =
  { "bz2", "gz", "lz", "xz", "zst" };
 const char * const simple_extensions[num_formats] =
-  { ".bz2", ".gz", ".lz", ".xz" };
+  { ".bz2", ".gz", ".lz", ".xz", ".zst" };
 const int format_order[num_formats] =
-  { fmt_lz, fmt_bz2, fmt_gz, fmt_xz };			// search order
+  { fmt_lz, fmt_bz2, fmt_gz, fmt_zst, fmt_xz };		// search order
 bool enabled_format( const int format_index );
-void parse_format_list( const std::string & arg );
+void parse_format_list( const std::string & arg, const char * const pn );
-int parse_format_type( const std::string & arg );
+int parse_format_type( const std::string & arg, const char * const pn );
 int extension_index( const std::string & name );	// -1 if unknown
 int extension_format( const int eindex );		// -1 if uncompressed
@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ const char * get_compressor_name( const int format_index );
 const std::vector< std::string > & get_compressor_args( const int format_index );
 void show_help_addr();
-void show_version();
+void show_version( const char * const command = 0 );
 void show_error( const char * const msg, const int errcode = 0,
                 const bool help = false );
 void show_file_error( const char * const filename, const char * const msg,
@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ void show_close_error( const char * const prog_name = "data feeder" );
 void show_exec_error( const char * const prog_name );
 void show_fork_error( const char * const prog_name );
-// Returns exit status of child process 'pid', or 'eretval' in case of error.
+// Return exit status of child process 'pid', or 'eretval' in case of error.
 //
 int wait_for_child( const pid_t pid, const char * const name,
                    const int eretval = 2, const bool isgzxz = false );
--- a/recursive.cc
+++ b/recursive.cc
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Zutils - Utilities dealing with compressed files
-   Copyright (C) 2009-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+   Copyright (C) 2009-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
-/* Returns true if full_name is a regular file with an enabled extension
+/* Return true if full_name is a regular file with an enabled extension
   or (a link to) a directory. */
 bool test_full_name( const std::string & full_name, const struct stat * stp,
                     const bool follow )
@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ bool test_full_name( const std::string & full_name, const struct stat * stp,
  }
-/* Returns in input_filename the next filename, or "." for stdin.
+/* Return in input_filename the next file name, or "." for stdin.
-   ("." was chosen because it is not a valid filename).
+   ("." was chosen instead of "-" because "." is not a valid file name).
-   Sets 'error' to true if a directory fails to open. */
+   Set 'error' to true if a directory fails to open. */
 bool next_filename( std::list< std::string > & filenames,
                    std::string & input_filename, bool & error,
                    const int recursive, const bool ignore_stdin = false,
--- a/testsuite/check.sh
+++ b/testsuite/check.sh
@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # check script for Zutils - Utilities dealing with compressed files
-# Copyright (C) 2009-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
 #
 # This script is free software: you have unlimited permission
 # to copy, distribute, and modify it.
@ -194,8 +194,7 @@ done
 "${ZCMP}" -Nq --force-format=lz in.lz
 [ $? = 2 ] || test_failed $LINENO
 "${ZCMP}" -Nq --force-format=lz in.gz in.lz
-r=$?
+[ $? = 2 ] || test_failed $LINENO
 { [ $r = 1 ] || [ $r = 2 ] ; } || test_failed $LINENO
 "${ZCMP}" -Nq -i 100BB in in
 [ $? = 2 ] || test_failed $LINENO
 "${ZCMP}" -Nq -i 100BB:100 in in
@ -206,6 +205,8 @@ r=$?
 [ $? = 2 ] || test_failed $LINENO
 "${ZCMP}" -N -q -n 100BB in in
 [ $? = 2 ] || test_failed $LINENO
 "${ZCMP}" -Nq --gz=bad-gzip in.gz in.lz
 [ $? = 2 ] || test_failed $LINENO
 "${ZCMP}" -N --bad-option in in 2> /dev/null
 [ $? = 2 ] || test_failed $LINENO
@ -255,11 +256,12 @@ done
 [ $? = 2 ] || test_failed $LINENO
 "${ZDIFF}" -N --bz2='-bzip2' in.bz2 2> /dev/null
 [ $? = 2 ] || test_failed $LINENO
-"${ZDIFF}" -Nq --force-format=bz2 in.bz2 2> /dev/null
+"${ZDIFF}" -N --brief --force-format=bz2 in.bz2 2> /dev/null
 [ $? = 2 ] || test_failed $LINENO
 "${ZDIFF}" -N --brief --force-format=,lz in.lz in.bz2 > /dev/null 2>&1
 [ $? = 2 ] || test_failed $LINENO
 "${ZDIFF}" -N --brief --gz=bad-gzip in.gz in.lz > /dev/null 2>&1
 [ $? = 2 ] || test_failed $LINENO
 "${ZDIFF}" -N -q --force-format=,lz in.lz in.bz2 > /dev/null 2>&1
 r=$?
 { [ $r = 1 ] || [ $r = 2 ] ; } || test_failed $LINENO
 "${ZDIFF}" -N --bad-option 2> /dev/null
 [ $? = 2 ] || test_failed $LINENO
--- a/zcat.cc
+++ b/zcat.cc
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Zcat - decompress and concatenate files to standard output
-   Copyright (C) 2010-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+   Copyright (C) 2010-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
-#if defined(__MSVCRT__) || defined(__OS2__)
+#if defined __MSVCRT__ || defined __OS2__
 #include <io.h>
 #endif
@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void show_help()
               "same compressed format.\n"
               "\nIf no files are specified, recursive searches examine the current\n"
               "working directory, and nonrecursive searches read standard input.\n"
-               "\nThe formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, and xz.\n"
+               "\nThe formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, xz, and zstd.\n"
               "\nUsage: zcat [options] [files]\n"
               "\nExit status is 0 if no errors occurred, 1 otherwise.\n"
               "\nOptions:\n"
@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ void show_help()
               "  -M, --format=<list>          process only the formats in <list>\n"
               "  -n, --number                 number all output lines\n"
               "  -N, --no-rcfile              don't read runtime configuration file\n"
-               "  -O, --force-format=<fmt>     force the format given (bz2, gz, lz, xz)\n"
+               "  -O, --force-format=<fmt>     force the format given (bz2, gz, lz, xz, zst)\n"
               "  -q, --quiet                  suppress all messages\n"
               "  -r, --recursive              operate recursively on directories\n"
               "  -R, --dereference-recursive  recursively follow symbolic links\n"
@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ void show_help()
               "      --bz2=<command>          set compressor and options for bzip2 format\n"
               "      --gz=<command>           set compressor and options for gzip format\n"
               "      --lz=<command>           set compressor and options for lzip format\n"
-               "      --xz=<command>           set compressor and options for xz format\n" );
+               "      --xz=<command>           set compressor and options for xz format\n"
               "      --zst=<command>          set compressor and options for zstd format\n" );
  show_help_addr();
  }
@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ bool cat( int infd, const int format_index, const std::string & input_filename,
 int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
  {
-  enum { verbose_opt = 256, bz2_opt, gz_opt, lz_opt, xz_opt };
+  enum { verbose_opt = 256, bz2_opt, gz_opt, lz_opt, xz_opt, zst_opt };
  int format_index = -1;
  int recursive = 0;			// 1 = '-r', 2 = '-R'
  std::list< std::string > filenames;
@ -293,6 +294,7 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
    { gz_opt,  "gz",                Arg_parser::yes },
    { lz_opt,  "lz",                Arg_parser::yes },
    { xz_opt,  "xz",                Arg_parser::yes },
    { zst_opt, "zst",               Arg_parser::yes },
    {  0,   0,                      Arg_parser::no  } };
  const Arg_parser parser( argc, argv, options );
@ -306,6 +308,7 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
    {
    const int code = parser.code( argind );
    if( !code ) break;					// no more options
    const char * const pn = parser.parsed_name( argind ).c_str();
    const std::string & arg = parser.argument( argind );
    switch( code )
      {
@ -321,11 +324,11 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
      case 'h': show_help(); return 0;
      case 'l': break;
      case 'L': break;
-      case 'M': parse_format_list( arg ); break;
+      case 'M': parse_format_list( arg, pn ); break;
      case 'n': if( cat_options.number_lines == 0 )
                  { cat_options.number_lines = 2; } break;
      case 'N': break;
-      case 'O': format_index = parse_format_type( arg ); break;
+      case 'O': format_index = parse_format_type( arg, pn ); break;
      case 'q': verbosity = -1; break;
      case 'r': recursive = 1; break;
      case 'R': recursive = 2; break;
@ -339,11 +342,12 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
      case gz_opt: parse_compressor( arg, fmt_gz, 1 ); break;
      case lz_opt: parse_compressor( arg, fmt_lz, 1 ); break;
      case xz_opt: parse_compressor( arg, fmt_xz, 1 ); break;
      case zst_opt: parse_compressor( arg, fmt_zst, 1 ); break;
      default : internal_error( "uncaught option." );
      }
    } // end process options
-#if defined(__MSVCRT__) || defined(__OS2__)
+#if defined __MSVCRT__ || defined __OS2__
  setmode( STDIN_FILENO, O_BINARY );
  setmode( STDOUT_FILENO, O_BINARY );
 #endif
--- a/zcatgrep.cc
+++ b/zcatgrep.cc
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Common code for zcat and zgrep
-   Copyright (C) 2010-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+   Copyright (C) 2010-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
--- a/zcmp.cc
+++ b/zcmp.cc
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Zcmp - decompress and compare two files byte by byte
-   Copyright (C) 2010-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+   Copyright (C) 2010-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
-#if defined(__MSVCRT__) || defined(__OS2__)
+#if defined __MSVCRT__ || defined __OS2__
 #include <io.h>
 #endif
@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void show_help()
               "starting with 1. A hyphen '-' used as a file argument means standard input.\n"
               "If any file given is compressed, its decompressed content is used. Compressed\n"
               "files are decompressed on the fly; no temporary files are created.\n"
-               "\nThe formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, and xz.\n"
+               "\nThe formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, xz, and zstd.\n"
               "\nUsage: zcmp [options] file1 [file2]\n"
               "\nzcmp compares file1 to file2. The standard input is used only if file1 or\n"
               "file2 refers to standard input. If file2 is omitted zcmp tries the\n"
@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ void show_help()
               "  the corresponding uncompressed file (the name of file1 with the\n"
               "  extension removed).\n"
               "\n  - If file1 is uncompressed, compares it with the decompressed\n"
-               "  contents of file1.[lz|bz2|gz|xz] (the first one that is found).\n"
+               "  contents of file1.[lz|bz2|gz|zst|xz] (the first one that is found).\n"
               "\nExit status is 0 if inputs are identical, 1 if different, 2 if trouble.\n"
               "\nOptions:\n"
               "  -h, --help                        display this help and exit\n"
@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ void show_help()
               "  -M, --format=<list>               process only the formats in <list>\n"
               "  -n, --bytes=<n>                   compare at most <n> bytes\n"
               "  -N, --no-rcfile                   don't read runtime configuration file\n"
-               "  -O, --force-format=[<f1>][,<f2>]  force the formats given (bz2, gz, lz, xz)\n"
+               "  -O, --force-format=[<f1>][,<f2>]  force the formats given (bz2,gz,lz,xz,zst)\n"
               "  -q, --quiet                       suppress all messages\n"
               "  -s, --silent                      (same as --quiet)\n"
               "  -v, --verbose                     verbose mode (same as --list)\n"
@ -83,22 +83,60 @@ void show_help()
               "      --gz=<command>                set compressor and options for gzip format\n"
               "      --lz=<command>                set compressor and options for lzip format\n"
               "      --xz=<command>                set compressor and options for xz format\n"
               "      --zst=<command>               set compressor and options for zstd format\n"
               "\nNumbers may be followed by a multiplier: k = kB = 10^3 = 1000,\n"
               "Ki = KiB = 2^10 = 1024, M = 10^6, Mi = 2^20, G = 10^9, Gi = 2^30, etc...\n" );
  show_help_addr();
  }
-long long getnum( const char * const ptr, const char ** const tailp = 0,
+// separate large numbers >= 100_000 in groups of 3 digits using '_'
 const char * format_num3( long long num )
  {
  const char * const si_prefix = "kMGTPEZY";
  const char * const binary_prefix = "KMGTPEZY";
  enum { buffers = 8, bufsize = 4 * sizeof (long long) };
  static char buffer[buffers][bufsize];	// circle of static buffers for printf
  static int current = 0;
  char * const buf = buffer[current++]; current %= buffers;
  char * p = buf + bufsize - 1;		// fill the buffer backwards
  *p = 0;	// terminator
  const bool negative = num < 0;
  if( negative ) num = -num;
  char prefix = 0;			// try binary first, then si
  for( int i = 0; i < 8 && num >= 1024 && num % 1024 == 0; ++i )
    { num /= 1024; prefix = binary_prefix[i]; }
  if( prefix ) *(--p) = 'i';
  else
    for( int i = 0; i < 8 && num >= 1000 && num % 1000 == 0; ++i )
      { num /= 1000; prefix = si_prefix[i]; }
  if( prefix ) *(--p) = prefix;
  const bool split = num >= 100000;
  for( int i = 0; ; )
    {
    *(--p) = num % 10 + '0'; num /= 10; if( num == 0 ) break;
    if( split && ++i >= 3 ) { i = 0; *(--p) = '_'; }
    }
  if( negative ) *(--p) = '-';
  return p;
  }
 long long getnum( const char * const arg, const char * const option_name,
                  const char ** const tailp = 0,
                  const long long llimit = 0,
                  const long long ulimit = LLONG_MAX )
  {
  char * tail;
  errno = 0;
-  long long result = strtoll( ptr, &tail, 0 );
+  long long result = strtoll( arg, &tail, 0 );
-  if( tail == ptr )
+  if( tail == arg )
    {
-    show_error( "Bad or missing numerical argument.", 0, true );
+    if( verbosity >= 0 )
      std::fprintf( stderr, "%s: Bad or missing numerical argument in "
                    "option '%s'.\n", program_name, option_name );
    std::exit( 2 );
    }
  if( result < 0 ) errno = ERANGE;
@ -126,7 +164,9 @@ long long getnum( const char * const ptr, const char ** const tailp = 0,
      }
    if( exponent < 0 )
      {
-      show_error( "Bad multiplier in numerical argument.", 0, true );
+      if( verbosity >= 0 )
        std::fprintf( stderr, "%s: Bad multiplier in numerical argument of "
                      "option '%s'.\n", program_name, option_name );
      std::exit( 2 );
      }
    for( int i = 0; i < exponent; ++i )
@ -138,7 +178,10 @@ long long getnum( const char * const ptr, const char ** const tailp = 0,
  if( !errno && ( result < llimit || result > ulimit ) ) errno = ERANGE;
  if( errno )
    {
-    show_error( "Numerical argument out of limits." );
+    if( verbosity >= 0 )
      std::fprintf( stderr, "%s: Numerical argument out of limits [%s,%s] "
                    "in option '%s'.\n", program_name, format_num3( llimit ),
                    format_num3( ulimit ), option_name );
    std::exit( 2 );
    }
  if( tailp ) *tailp = tail;
@ -146,16 +189,19 @@ long long getnum( const char * const ptr, const char ** const tailp = 0,
  }
-void parse_ignore_initial( const char * const arg, long long ignore_initial[2] )
+void parse_ignore_initial( const char * const arg, const char * const pn,
                           long long ignore_initial[2] )
  {
  const char * tail;
-  ignore_initial[0] = getnum( arg, &tail );
+  ignore_initial[0] = getnum( arg, pn, &tail );
  if( *tail == ':' || *tail == ',' )
-    ignore_initial[1] = getnum( ++tail );
+    ignore_initial[1] = getnum( ++tail, pn );
  else if( *tail == 0 ) ignore_initial[1] = ignore_initial[0];
  else
    {
-    show_error( "Bad separator in argument of '--ignore-initial'", 0, true );
+    if( verbosity >= 0 )
      std::fprintf( stderr, "%s: Bad separator in argument of option '%s'.\n",
                    program_name, pn );
    std::exit( 2 );
    }
  }
@ -165,7 +211,7 @@ bool skip_ignore_initial( const long long ignore_initial, const int infd )
  {
  if( ignore_initial > 0 )
    {
-    enum { buffer_size = 4096 };
+    const int buffer_size = 4096;
    long long rest = ignore_initial;
    uint8_t buffer[buffer_size];
    while( rest > 0 )
@ -218,7 +264,8 @@ int block_compare( const uint8_t * const buffer0,
 int cmp( const long long max_size, const int infd[2],
-         const std::string filenames[2], const bool print_bytes )
+         const std::string filenames[2], bool finished[2],
         const bool print_bytes )
  {
  const int buffer_size = 4096;
  unsigned long long byte_number = 1;
@ -241,11 +288,11 @@ int cmp( const long long max_size, const int infd[2],
      {
      rd[i] = readblock( infd[i], buffer[i], size );
      if( rd[i] != size && errno )
-        {
+        { show_file_error( filenames[i].c_str(), "Read error", errno );
-        show_file_error( filenames[i].c_str(), "Read error", errno );
+          return 2; }
        return 2;
        }
      }
    for( int i = 0; i < 2; ++i )
      if( rd[i] < size ) finished[i] = true;
    const int min_rd = std::min( rd[0], rd[1] );
    buffer0[min_rd] = 0;		// sentinels for the block compare
@ -319,7 +366,7 @@ int cmp( const long long max_size, const int infd[2],
 int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
  {
-  enum { bz2_opt = 256, gz_opt, lz_opt, xz_opt };
+  enum { bz2_opt = 256, gz_opt, lz_opt, xz_opt, zst_opt };
  // number of initial bytes ignored for each file
  long long ignore_initial[2] = { 0, 0 };
  long long max_size = -1;			// < 0 means unlimited size
@ -346,6 +393,7 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
    { gz_opt,  "gz",         Arg_parser::yes },
    { lz_opt,  "lz",         Arg_parser::yes },
    { xz_opt,  "xz",         Arg_parser::yes },
    { zst_opt, "zst",        Arg_parser::yes },
    {  0,   0,               Arg_parser::no  } };
  const Arg_parser parser( argc, argv, options );
@ -359,17 +407,18 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
    {
    const int code = parser.code( argind );
    if( !code ) break;					// no more options
    const char * const pn = parser.parsed_name( argind ).c_str();
    const std::string & arg = parser.argument( argind );
    switch( code )
      {
      case 'b': print_bytes = true; break;
      case 'h': show_help(); return 0;
-      case 'i': parse_ignore_initial( arg.c_str(), ignore_initial ); break;
+      case 'i': parse_ignore_initial( arg.c_str(), pn, ignore_initial ); break;
      case 'l': verbosity = 1; break;
-      case 'M': parse_format_list( arg ); break;
+      case 'M': parse_format_list( arg, pn ); break;
-      case 'n': max_size = getnum( arg.c_str() ); break;
+      case 'n': max_size = getnum( arg.c_str(), pn ); break;
      case 'N': break;
-      case 'O': parse_format_types2( arg, format_types ); break;
+      case 'O': parse_format_types2( arg, pn, format_types ); break;
      case 'q':
      case 's': verbosity = -1; break;
      case 'v': verbosity = 1; break;
@ -378,18 +427,19 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
      case gz_opt: parse_compressor( arg, fmt_gz ); break;
      case lz_opt: parse_compressor( arg, fmt_lz ); break;
      case xz_opt: parse_compressor( arg, fmt_xz ); break;
      case zst_opt: parse_compressor( arg, fmt_zst ); break;
      default : internal_error( "uncaught option." );
      }
    } // end process options
-#if defined(__MSVCRT__) || defined(__OS2__)
+#if defined __MSVCRT__ || defined __OS2__
  setmode( STDIN_FILENO, O_BINARY );
  setmode( STDOUT_FILENO, O_BINARY );
 #endif
  if( argind >= parser.arguments() )
    { show_error( "No files given.", 0, true ); return 2; }
-  if( argind + 2 < parser.arguments() )
+  if( parser.arguments() - argind > 2 )
    { show_error( "Too many files.", 0, true ); return 2; }
  const int files = parser.arguments() - argind;
@ -446,10 +496,11 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
      return 2;
      }
-  int retval = cmp( max_size, infd, filenames, print_bytes );
+  bool finished[2] = { false, false };
  int retval = cmp( max_size, infd, filenames, finished, print_bytes );
  for( int i = 0; i < 2; ++i )
-    if( !good_status( children[i], retval == 0 && max_size < 0 ) ) retval = 2;
+    if( !good_status( children[i], finished[i] ) ) retval = 2;
  for( int i = 0; i < 2; ++i )
    {
--- a/zcmpdiff.cc
+++ b/zcmpdiff.cc
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Common code for zcmp and zdiff
-   Copyright (C) 2010-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+   Copyright (C) 2010-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@ -50,13 +50,14 @@ int open_other_instream( std::string & name )
  }
-void parse_format_types2( const std::string & arg, int format_types[2] )
+void parse_format_types2( const std::string & arg, const char * const pn,
                          int format_types[2] )
  {
  const unsigned i = std::min( arg.find( ',' ), arg.size() );
-  if( i > 0 ) format_types[0] = parse_format_type( arg.substr( 0, i ) );
+  if( i > 0 ) format_types[0] = parse_format_type( arg.substr( 0, i ), pn );
  else format_types[0] = -1;
  if( i + 1 < arg.size() ) format_types[1] =
-    parse_format_type( arg.substr( i + 1 ) );
+    parse_format_type( arg.substr( i + 1 ), pn );
  else format_types[1] = -1;
  }
--- a/zdiff.cc
+++ b/zdiff.cc
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Zdiff - decompress and compare two files line by line
-   Copyright (C) 2010-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+   Copyright (C) 2010-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
-#if defined(__MSVCRT__) || defined(__OS2__)
+#if defined __MSVCRT__ || defined __OS2__
 #include <io.h>
 #endif
@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include "rc.h"
 #include "zutils.h"
 // 'verbosity' is always 0 in zdiff; no --verbose or --quiet available.
 namespace {
@ -54,7 +53,8 @@ void show_help()
               "input. If any file given is compressed, its decompressed content is used.\n"
               "zdiff is a front end to the program diff and has the limitation that messages\n"
               "from diff refer to temporary file names instead of those specified.\n"
-               "\nThe formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, and xz.\n"
+               "\n'zdiff -v -V' prints the version of the diff program used.\n"
               "\nThe formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, xz, and zstd.\n"
               "\nUsage: zdiff [options] file1 [file2]\n"
               "\nzdiff compares file1 to file2. The standard input is used only if file1 or\n"
               "file2 refers to standard input. If file2 is omitted zdiff tries the\n"
@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void show_help()
               "  the corresponding uncompressed file (the name of file1 with the\n"
               "  extension removed).\n"
               "\n  - If file1 is uncompressed, compares it with the decompressed\n"
-               "  contents of file1.[lz|bz2|gz|xz] (the first one that is found).\n"
+               "  contents of file1.[lz|bz2|gz|zst|xz] (the first one that is found).\n"
               "\nExit status is 0 if inputs are identical, 1 if different, 2 if trouble.\n"
               "Some options only work if the diff program used supports them.\n"
               "\nOptions:\n"
@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void show_help()
               "  -i, --ignore-case                 ignore case differences in file contents\n"
               "  -M, --format=<list>               process only the formats in <list>\n"
               "  -N, --no-rcfile                   don't read runtime configuration file\n"
-               "  -O, --force-format=[<f1>][,<f2>]  force the formats given (bz2, gz, lz, xz)\n"
+               "  -O, --force-format=[<f1>][,<f2>]  force the formats given (bz2,gz,lz,xz,zst)\n"
               "  -p, --show-c-function             show which C function each change is in\n"
               "  -q, --brief                       output only whether files differ\n"
               "  -s, --report-identical-files      report when two files are identical\n"
@ -87,13 +87,15 @@ void show_help()
               "  -T, --initial-tab                 make tabs line up by prepending a tab\n"
               "  -u                                use the unified output format\n"
               "  -U, --unified=<n>                 same as -u but use <n> lines of context\n"
               "  -v, --verbose                     verbose mode (for --version)\n"
               "  -w, --ignore-all-space            ignore all white space\n"
               "  -W, --width=<n>                   output at most <n> print columns\n"
               "  -y, --side-by-side                output in two columns\n"
               "      --bz2=<command>               set compressor and options for bzip2 format\n"
               "      --gz=<command>                set compressor and options for gzip format\n"
               "      --lz=<command>                set compressor and options for lzip format\n"
-               "      --xz=<command>                set compressor and options for xz format\n" );
+               "      --xz=<command>                set compressor and options for xz format\n"
               "      --zst=<command>               set compressor and options for zstd format\n" );
  show_help_addr();
  }
@ -264,7 +266,7 @@ void set_signals()
 int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
  {
-  enum { bz2_opt = 256, gz_opt, lz_opt, xz_opt };
+  enum { bz2_opt = 256, gz_opt, lz_opt, xz_opt, zst_opt };
  std::vector< const char * > diff_args;	// args to diff, maybe empty
  int format_types[2] = { -1, -1 };
  program_name = "zdiff";
@ -291,6 +293,7 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
    { 'T', "initial-tab",            Arg_parser::no  },
    { 'u',  0,                       Arg_parser::no  },
    { 'U', "unified",                Arg_parser::yes },
    { 'v', "verbose",                Arg_parser::no  },
    { 'V', "version",                Arg_parser::no  },
    { 'w', "ignore-all-space",       Arg_parser::no  },
    { 'W', "width",                  Arg_parser::yes },
@ -299,6 +302,7 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
    { gz_opt,  "gz",                 Arg_parser::yes },
    { lz_opt,  "lz",                 Arg_parser::yes },
    { xz_opt,  "xz",                 Arg_parser::yes },
    { zst_opt, "zst",                Arg_parser::yes },
    {  0,   0,                       Arg_parser::no  } };
  const Arg_parser parser( argc, argv, options );
@ -312,6 +316,7 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
    {
    const int code = parser.code( argind );
    if( !code ) break;					// no more options
    const char * const pn = parser.parsed_name( argind ).c_str();
    const std::string & arg = parser.argument( argind );
    switch( code )
      {
@ -325,9 +330,9 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
      case 'E': diff_args.push_back( "-E" ); break;
      case 'h': show_help(); return 0;
      case 'i': diff_args.push_back( "-i" ); break;
-      case 'M': parse_format_list( arg ); break;
+      case 'M': parse_format_list( arg, pn ); break;
      case 'N': break;
-      case 'O': parse_format_types2( arg, format_types ); break;
+      case 'O': parse_format_types2( arg, pn, format_types ); break;
      case 'p': diff_args.push_back( "-p" ); break;
      case 'q': diff_args.push_back( "-q" ); break;
      case 's': diff_args.push_back( "-s" ); break;
@ -336,7 +341,8 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
      case 'u': diff_args.push_back( "-u" ); break;
      case 'U': diff_args.push_back( "-U" );
                diff_args.push_back( arg.c_str() ); break;
-      case 'V': show_version(); return 0;
+      case 'v': verbosity = 1; break;
      case 'V': show_version( DIFF " --version" ); return 0;
      case 'w': diff_args.push_back( "-w" ); break;
      case 'W': diff_args.push_back( "-W" );
                diff_args.push_back( arg.c_str() ); break;
@ -345,18 +351,19 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
      case gz_opt: parse_compressor( arg, fmt_gz ); break;
      case lz_opt: parse_compressor( arg, fmt_lz ); break;
      case xz_opt: parse_compressor( arg, fmt_xz ); break;
      case zst_opt: parse_compressor( arg, fmt_zst ); break;
      default : internal_error( "uncaught option." );
      }
    } // end process options
-#if defined(__MSVCRT__) || defined(__OS2__)
+#if defined __MSVCRT__ || defined __OS2__
  setmode( STDIN_FILENO, O_BINARY );
  setmode( STDOUT_FILENO, O_BINARY );
 #endif
  if( argind >= parser.arguments() )
    { show_error( "No files given.", 0, true ); return 2; }
-  if( argind + 2 < parser.arguments() )
+  if( parser.arguments() - argind > 2 )
    { show_error( "Too many files.", 0, true ); return 2; }
  const int files = parser.arguments() - argind;
@ -427,7 +434,19 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
  int retval = wait_for_child( diff_pid, DIFF );
  for( int i = 0; i < 2; ++i )
-    if( !good_status( children[i], retval == 0 ) ) retval = 2;
+    {
    int infd;			// fifo from decompressor
    do infd = open( fifonames[i].c_str(), O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK | O_BINARY );
    while( infd < 0 && errno == EINTR );
    bool finished = false;	// set to true if fifo is empty and at EOF
    if( infd >= 0 )
      {
      uint8_t b;
      if( readblock( infd, &b, 1 ) <= 0 && errno == 0 ) finished = true;
      close( infd );
      }
    if( !good_status( children[i], finished ) ) retval = 2;
    }
  for( int i = 0; i < 2; ++i )
    if( filenames[i] != "-" && close( infd[i] ) != 0 )
--- a/zgrep.cc
+++ b/zgrep.cc
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Zgrep - search compressed files for a regular expression
-   Copyright (C) 2010-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+   Copyright (C) 2010-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
-#if defined(__MSVCRT__) || defined(__OS2__)
+#if defined __MSVCRT__ || defined __OS2__
 #include <io.h>
 #endif
@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ void show_help()
               "compressed format.\n"
               "\nIf no files are specified, recursive searches examine the current\n"
               "working directory, and nonrecursive searches read standard input.\n"
-               "\nThe formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, and xz.\n"
+               "\n'zgrep --verbose -V' prints the version of the grep program used.\n"
               "\nThe formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, xz, and zstd.\n"
               "\nUsage: zgrep [options] <pattern> [files]\n"
               "\nExit status is 0 if match, 1 if no match, 2 if trouble.\n"
               "Some options only work if the grep program used supports them.\n"
@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ void show_help()
               "  -n, --line-number            print the line number of each line\n"
               "  -N, --no-rcfile              don't read runtime configuration file\n"
               "  -o, --only-matching          show only the part of a line matching <pattern>\n"
-               "  -O, --force-format=<fmt>     force the format given (bz2, gz, lz, xz)\n"
+               "  -O, --force-format=<fmt>     force the format given (bz2, gz, lz, xz, zst)\n"
               "  -q, --quiet                  suppress all messages\n"
               "  -r, --recursive              operate recursively on directories\n"
               "  -R, --dereference-recursive  recursively follow symbolic links\n"
@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ void show_help()
               "      --gz=<command>           set compressor and options for gzip format\n"
               "      --lz=<command>           set compressor and options for lzip format\n"
               "      --xz=<command>           set compressor and options for xz format\n"
               "      --zst=<command>          set compressor and options for zstd format\n"
               "\nNumbers may be followed by a multiplier: k = kB = 10^3 = 1000,\n"
               "Ki = KiB = 2^10 = 1024, M = 10^6, Mi = 2^20, G = 10^9, Gi = 2^30, etc...\n" );
  show_help_addr();
@ -217,7 +219,7 @@ int zgrep_file( int infd, const int format_index,
 int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
  {
  enum { help_opt = 256, verbose_opt, color_opt,
-         bz2_opt, gz_opt, lz_opt, xz_opt };
+         bz2_opt, gz_opt, lz_opt, xz_opt, zst_opt };
  int format_index = -1;
  int list_mode = 0;		// 1 = list matches, -1 = list non-matches
  int recursive = 0;		// 1 = '-r', 2 = '-R'
@ -268,6 +270,7 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
    { gz_opt,  "gz",                Arg_parser::yes },
    { lz_opt,  "lz",                Arg_parser::yes },
    { xz_opt,  "xz",                Arg_parser::yes },
    { zst_opt, "zst",               Arg_parser::yes },
    {  0,   0,                      Arg_parser::no  } };
  const Arg_parser parser( argc, argv, options );
@ -282,6 +285,7 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
    {
    const int code = parser.code( argind );
    if( !code ) break;					// no more options
    const char * const pn = parser.parsed_name( argind ).c_str();
    const std::string & arg = parser.argument( argind );
    switch( code )
      {
@ -308,22 +312,22 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
      case 'L': grep_args.push_back( "-L" ); list_mode = -1; break;
      case 'm': grep_args.push_back( "-m" );
                grep_args.push_back( arg.c_str() ); break;
-      case 'M': parse_format_list( arg ); break;
+      case 'M': parse_format_list( arg, pn ); break;
      case 'n': grep_args.push_back( "-n" ); break;
      case 'N': break;
      case 'o': grep_args.push_back( "-o" ); break;
-      case 'O': format_index = parse_format_type( arg ); break;
+      case 'O': format_index = parse_format_type( arg, pn ); break;
      case 'q': grep_args.push_back( "-q" ); verbosity = -1; break;
      case 'r': recursive = 1; break;
      case 'R': recursive = 2; break;
      case 's': grep_args.push_back( "-s" ); no_messages = true; break;
      case 'v': grep_args.push_back( "-v" ); break;
-      case 'V': show_version(); return 0;
+      case 'V': show_version( GREP " --version" ); return 0;
      case 'w': grep_args.push_back( "-w" ); break;
      case 'x': grep_args.push_back( "-x" ); break;
      case help_opt: show_help(); return 0;
-      case verbose_opt: if( verbosity < 4 ) ++verbosity;
+      case verbose_opt: no_messages = false; if( verbosity < 4 ) ++verbosity;
-                        no_messages = false; break;
+        break;
      case color_opt: color_option = "--color";
        if( !arg.empty() ) { color_option += '='; color_option += arg; }
        break;
@ -331,6 +335,7 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
      case gz_opt: parse_compressor( arg, fmt_gz ); break;
      case lz_opt: parse_compressor( arg, fmt_lz ); break;
      case xz_opt: parse_compressor( arg, fmt_xz ); break;
      case zst_opt: parse_compressor( arg, fmt_zst ); break;
      default : internal_error( "uncaught option." );
      }
    } // end process options
@ -338,7 +343,7 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
  if( !color_option.empty() )		// push the last value set
    grep_args.push_back( color_option.c_str() );
-#if defined(__MSVCRT__) || defined(__OS2__)
+#if defined __MSVCRT__ || defined __OS2__
  setmode( STDIN_FILENO, O_BINARY );
  setmode( STDOUT_FILENO, O_BINARY );
 #endif
--- a/ztest.cc
+++ b/ztest.cc
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Ztest - verify the integrity of compressed files
-   Copyright (C) 2010-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+   Copyright (C) 2010-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
-#if defined(__MSVCRT__) || defined(__OS2__)
+#if defined __MSVCRT__ || defined __OS2__
 #include <io.h>
 #endif
@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ void show_help()
               "test when testing multiple files.\n"
               "\nIf no files are specified, recursive searches examine the current\n"
               "working directory, and nonrecursive searches read standard input.\n"
-               "\nThe formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, and xz.\n"
+               "\nThe formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, xz, and zstd.\n"
               "\nNote that error detection in the xz format is broken. First, some xz\n"
               "files lack integrity information. Second, not all xz decompressors can\n"
               "verify the integrity of all xz files. Third, section 2.1.1.2 'Stream\n"
@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ void show_help()
               "  -V, --version                output version information and exit\n"
               "  -M, --format=<list>          process only the formats in <list>\n"
               "  -N, --no-rcfile              don't read runtime configuration file\n"
-               "  -O, --force-format=<fmt>     force the format given (bz2, gz, lz, xz)\n"
+               "  -O, --force-format=<fmt>     force the format given (bz2, gz, lz, xz, zst)\n"
               "  -q, --quiet                  suppress all messages\n"
               "  -r, --recursive              operate recursively on directories\n"
               "  -R, --dereference-recursive  recursively follow symbolic links\n"
@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ void show_help()
               "      --bz2=<command>          set compressor and options for bzip2 format\n"
               "      --gz=<command>           set compressor and options for gzip format\n"
               "      --lz=<command>           set compressor and options for lzip format\n"
-               "      --xz=<command>           set compressor and options for xz format\n" );
+               "      --xz=<command>           set compressor and options for xz format\n"
               "      --zst=<command>          set compressor and options for zstd format\n" );
  show_help_addr();
  }
@ -164,7 +165,9 @@ int ztest_file( const int infd, int format_index,
                const std::string & input_filename,
                const std::vector< const char * > & ztest_args )
  {
  // bzip2, gzip, and lzip are the primary formats. xz and zstd are optional.
  static int disable_xz = -1;				// tri-state bool
  static int disable_zst = -1;				// tri-state bool
  uint8_t magic_data[magic_buf_size];
  int magic_size = 0;
  if( format_index < 0 )
@ -178,9 +181,24 @@ int ztest_file( const int infd, int format_index,
      {
      std::string command( compressor_name ); command += " -V > /dev/null 2>&1";
      disable_xz = ( std::system( command.c_str() ) != 0 );
      if( disable_xz && verbosity >= 2 )
        std::fprintf( stderr, "%s: '%s' not found. Ignoring xz files.\n",
                      program_name, compressor_name );
      }
    if( disable_xz ) return 0;		// ignore this file if no xz installed
    }
  else if( format_index == fmt_zst )
    {
    if( disable_zst < 0 )
      {
      std::string command( compressor_name ); command += " -V > /dev/null 2>&1";
      disable_zst = ( std::system( command.c_str() ) != 0 );
      if( disable_zst && verbosity >= 2 )
        std::fprintf( stderr, "%s: '%s' not found. Ignoring zstd files.\n",
                      program_name, compressor_name );
      }
    if( disable_zst ) return 0;		// ignore this file if no zstd installed
    }
  const pid_t pid = fork();
@ -216,7 +234,7 @@ int ztest_file( const int infd, int format_index,
 int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
  {
-  enum { bz2_opt = 256, gz_opt, lz_opt, xz_opt };
+  enum { bz2_opt = 256, gz_opt, lz_opt, xz_opt, zst_opt };
  int format_index = -1;
  int recursive = 0;				// 1 = '-r', 2 = '-R'
  std::list< std::string > filenames;
@ -239,6 +257,7 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
    { gz_opt,  "gz",                Arg_parser::yes },
    { lz_opt,  "lz",                Arg_parser::yes },
    { xz_opt,  "xz",                Arg_parser::yes },
    { zst_opt, "zst",               Arg_parser::yes },
    {  0,   0,                      Arg_parser::no  } };
  const Arg_parser parser( argc, argv, options );
@ -252,13 +271,14 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
    {
    const int code = parser.code( argind );
    if( !code ) break;					// no more options
    const char * const pn = parser.parsed_name( argind ).c_str();
    const std::string & arg = parser.argument( argind );
    switch( code )
      {
      case 'h': show_help(); return 0;
-      case 'M': parse_format_list( arg ); break;
+      case 'M': parse_format_list( arg, pn ); break;
      case 'N': break;
-      case 'O': format_index = parse_format_type( arg ); break;
+      case 'O': format_index = parse_format_type( arg, pn ); break;
      case 'q': verbosity = -1; ztest_args.push_back( "-q" ); break;
      case 'r': recursive = 1; break;
      case 'R': recursive = 2; break;
@ -269,11 +289,12 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
      case gz_opt: parse_compressor( arg, fmt_gz, 1 ); break;
      case lz_opt: parse_compressor( arg, fmt_lz, 1 ); break;
      case xz_opt: parse_compressor( arg, fmt_xz, 1 ); break;
      case zst_opt: parse_compressor( arg, fmt_zst, 1 ); break;
      default : internal_error( "uncaught option." );
      }
    } // end process options
-#if defined(__MSVCRT__) || defined(__OS2__)
+#if defined __MSVCRT__ || defined __OS2__
  setmode( STDIN_FILENO, O_BINARY );
  setmode( STDOUT_FILENO, O_BINARY );
 #endif
--- a/zupdate.cc
+++ b/zupdate.cc
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/* Zupdate - recompress bzip2, gzip, xz files to lzip format
+/* Zupdate - recompress bzip2, gzip, xz, zstd files to lzip format
-   Copyright (C) 2013-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+   Copyright (C) 2013-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #include <utime.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
-#if defined(__MSVCRT__) || defined(__OS2__)
+#if defined __MSVCRT__ || defined __OS2__
 #include <io.h>
 #endif
@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace {
 void show_help()
  {
-  std::printf( "zupdate recompresses files from bzip2, gzip, and xz formats to lzip\n"
+  std::printf( "zupdate recompresses files from bzip2, gzip, xz, and zstd formats to lzip\n"
               "format. Each original is compared with the new file and then deleted.\n"
               "Only regular files with standard file name extensions are recompressed,\n"
               "other files are ignored. Compressed files are decompressed and then\n"
@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ void show_help()
               "to be safe and not cause any data loss. Therefore, existing lzip\n"
               "compressed files are never overwritten nor deleted.\n"
               "\nThe names of the original files must have one of the following extensions:\n"
-               "'.bz2', '.gz', or '.xz', which are recompressed to '.lz';\n"
+               "\n'.bz2', '.gz', '.xz', or '.zst', which are recompressed to '.lz'.\n"
-               "'.tbz', '.tbz2', '.tgz', or '.txz', which are recompressed to '.tlz'.\n"
+               "\n'.tbz', '.tbz2', '.tgz', '.txz', or '.tzst', which are recompressed to '.tlz'.\n"
               "\nUsage: zupdate [options] [files]\n"
               "\nExit status is 0 if all the compressed files were successfully recompressed\n"
               "(if needed), compared, and deleted (if requested). Non-zero otherwise.\n"
@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ void show_help()
               "      --bz2=<command>          set compressor and options for bzip2 format\n"
               "      --gz=<command>           set compressor and options for gzip format\n"
               "      --lz=<command>           set compressor and options for lzip format\n"
-               "      --xz=<command>           set compressor and options for xz format\n" );
+               "      --xz=<command>           set compressor and options for xz format\n"
               "      --zst=<command>          set compressor and options for zstd format\n" );
  show_help_addr();
  }
@ -125,17 +126,19 @@ void set_permissions( const char * const rname, const struct stat & in_stats )
  t.modtime = in_stats.st_mtime;
  if( utime( rname, &t ) != 0 ) warning = true;
  if( warning && verbosity >= 2 )
-    show_error( "Can't change output file attributes." );
+    show_file_error( rname, "Can't change output file attributes.", errno );
  }
-    // Returns 0 for success, -1 for file skipped, 1 for error.
+    // Return 0 if success, -1 if file skipped, 1 if error.
 int zupdate_file( const std::string & name, const char * const lzip_name,
                  const std::vector< std::string > & lzip_args2,
                  const bool force, const bool keep_input_files,
                  const bool no_rcfile )
  {
  // bzip2, gzip, and lzip are the primary formats. xz and zstd are optional.
  static int disable_xz = -1;				// tri-state bool
  static int disable_zst = -1;				// tri-state bool
  int format_index = -1;
  std::string rname;					// recompressed name
@ -198,9 +201,24 @@ int zupdate_file( const std::string & name, const char * const lzip_name,
      {
      std::string command( compressor_name ); command += " -V > /dev/null 2>&1";
      disable_xz = ( std::system( command.c_str() ) != 0 );
      if( disable_xz && verbosity >= 2 )
        std::fprintf( stderr, "%s: '%s' not found. Ignoring xz files.\n",
                      program_name, compressor_name );
      }
    if( disable_xz ) return 0;		// ignore this file if no xz installed
    }
  else if( format_index == fmt_zst )
    {
    if( disable_zst < 0 )
      {
      std::string command( compressor_name ); command += " -V > /dev/null 2>&1";
      disable_zst = ( std::system( command.c_str() ) != 0 );
      if( disable_zst && verbosity >= 2 )
        std::fprintf( stderr, "%s: '%s' not found. Ignoring zstd files.\n",
                      program_name, compressor_name );
      }
    if( disable_zst ) return 0;		// ignore this file if no zstd installed
    }
  if( !lz_exists )					// recompress
    {
@ -307,7 +325,7 @@ int zupdate_file( const std::string & name, const char * const lzip_name,
 int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
  {
-  enum { bz2_opt = 256, gz_opt, lz_opt, xz_opt };
+  enum { bz2_opt = 256, gz_opt, lz_opt, xz_opt, zst_opt };
  int recursive = 0;				// 1 = '-r', 2 = '-R'
  std::list< std::string > filenames;
  std::vector< std::string > lzip_args2;	// args to lzip, maybe empty
@ -344,6 +362,7 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
    { gz_opt,  "gz",                Arg_parser::yes },
    { lz_opt,  "lz",                Arg_parser::yes },
    { xz_opt,  "xz",                Arg_parser::yes },
    { zst_opt, "zst",               Arg_parser::yes },
    {  0,   0,                      Arg_parser::no  } };
  const Arg_parser parser( argc, argv, options );
@ -357,6 +376,7 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
    {
    const int code = parser.code( argind );
    if( !code ) break;					// no more options
    const char * const pn = parser.parsed_name( argind ).c_str();
    const std::string & arg = parser.argument( argind );
    switch( code )
      {
@ -367,7 +387,7 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
      case 'h': show_help(); return 0;
      case 'k': keep_input_files = true; break;
      case 'l': lzip_args2.push_back( "-v" ); break;
-      case 'M': parse_format_list( arg ); break;
+      case 'M': parse_format_list( arg, pn ); break;
      case 'N': no_rcfile = true; break;
      case 'q': verbosity = -1; lzip_args2.push_back( "-q" ); break;
      case 'r': recursive = 1; break;
@ -378,11 +398,12 @@ int main( const int argc, const char * const argv[] )
      case gz_opt: parse_compressor( arg, fmt_gz, 1 ); break;
      case lz_opt: parse_compressor( arg, fmt_lz, 1 ); break;
      case xz_opt: parse_compressor( arg, fmt_xz, 1 ); break;
      case zst_opt: parse_compressor( arg, fmt_zst, 1 ); break;
      default : internal_error( "uncaught option." );
      }
    } // end process options
-#if defined(__MSVCRT__) || defined(__OS2__)
+#if defined __MSVCRT__ || defined __OS2__
  setmode( STDIN_FILENO, O_BINARY );
  setmode( STDOUT_FILENO, O_BINARY );
 #endif
--- a/zutils.cc
+++ b/zutils.cc
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Zutils - Utilities dealing with compressed files
-   Copyright (C) 2009-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+   Copyright (C) 2009-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ inline bool isvalid_ds( const uint8_t ds )	// lzip valid dictionary_size
  }
-/* Returns -1 if child not terminated, 2 in case of error, or exit status of
+/* Return -1 if child not terminated, 2 in case of error, or exit status of
-   child process 'pid'.
+   child process 'pid'. Return 0 if child was terminated by SIGPIPE.
 */
 int child_status( const pid_t pid, const char * const name )
  {
@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ int child_status( const pid_t pid, const char * const name )
 } // end namespace
-/* Returns the number of bytes really read.
+/* Return the number of bytes really read.
-   If (returned value < size) and (errno == 0), means EOF was reached.
+   If (value returned < size) and (errno == 0), means EOF was reached.
 */
 int readblock( const int fd, uint8_t * const buf, const int size )
  {
@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ int readblock( const int fd, uint8_t * const buf, const int size )
  }
-/* Returns the number of bytes really written.
+/* Return the number of bytes really written.
-   If (returned value < size), it is always an error.
+   If (value returned < size), it is always an error.
 */
 int writeblock( const int fd, const uint8_t * const buf, const int size )
  {
@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ bool good_status( const Children & children, const bool finished )
      // even if compressor finished, trailing data may remain in data feeder
      if( i == 0 || !finished )
        {
-        const int tmp = child_status( pid, name );
+        const int tmp = child_status( pid, name );	// 0 if SIGPIPE
        if( tmp < 0 )				// child not terminated
          { kill( pid, SIGTERM ); wait_for_child( pid, name ); }
        else if( tmp != 0 ) error = true;	// child status != 0
@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ bool set_data_feeder( const std::string & filename, int * const infdp,
  }
-// Returns format index or -1 if uncompressed
+// Return format index, or -1 if uncompressed.
 //
 int test_format( const int infd, uint8_t magic_data[],
                 int * const magic_sizep )
@ -254,7 +254,8 @@ int test_format( const int infd, uint8_t magic_data[],
  enum { bzip2_magic_size = 3,
          gzip_magic_size = 2,
          lzip_magic_size = 5,
-            xz_magic_size = 5 };
+            xz_magic_size = 5,
          zstd_magic_size = 4 };
  const uint8_t bzip2_magic[bzip2_magic_size] =
    { 0x42, 0x5A, 0x68 };				// "BZh"
  const uint8_t gzip_magic[gzip_magic_size] =
@ -263,19 +264,23 @@ int test_format( const int infd, uint8_t magic_data[],
    { 0x4C, 0x5A, 0x49, 0x50, 0x01 };			// "LZIP\001"
  const uint8_t xz_magic[xz_magic_size] =
    { 0xFD, 0x37, 0x7A, 0x58, 0x5A };			// 0xFD, "7zXZ"
  const uint8_t zstd_magic[zstd_magic_size] =
    { 0x28, 0xB5, 0x2F, 0xFD };				// 0xFD2FB528 LE
  *magic_sizep = readblock( infd, magic_data, magic_buf_size );
-  if( *magic_sizep == magic_buf_size )
+  if( *magic_sizep == magic_buf_size )	// test formats in search order
    {
    if( std::memcmp( magic_data, lzip_magic, lzip_magic_size ) == 0 &&
        isvalid_ds( magic_data[lzip_magic_size] ) )
      return fmt_lz;
    if( std::memcmp( magic_data, bzip2_magic, bzip2_magic_size ) == 0 &&
        magic_data[3] >= '1' && magic_data[3] <= '9' &&
        std::memcmp( magic_data + 4, "1AY&SY", 6 ) == 0 )
      return fmt_bz2;
    if( std::memcmp( magic_data, gzip_magic, gzip_magic_size ) == 0 )
      return fmt_gz;
-    if( std::memcmp( magic_data, lzip_magic, lzip_magic_size ) == 0 &&
+    if( std::memcmp( magic_data, zstd_magic, zstd_magic_size ) == 0 )
-        isvalid_ds( magic_data[lzip_magic_size] ) )
+      return fmt_zst;
      return fmt_lz;
    if( std::memcmp( magic_data, xz_magic, xz_magic_size ) == 0 )
      return fmt_xz;
    }
--- a/zutils.h
+++ b/zutils.h
@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Zutils - Utilities dealing with compressed files
-   Copyright (C) 2009-2021 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
+   Copyright (C) 2009-2022 Antonio Diaz Diaz.
   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ bool set_data_feeder( const std::string & filename, int * const infdp,
 enum { magic_buf_size = 10 };		// >= longest extended magic (bzip2)
-// Returns format index or -1 if uncompressed
+// Return format index, or -1 if uncompressed.
 //
 int test_format( const int infd, uint8_t magic_data[],
                 int * const magic_sizep );
--- a/1
+++ b/1
@ -14,3 +14,4 @@
 #	gz = pigz -p2
 #	lz = plzip -n2
 #	xz = pixz -p2
 #	zst = zstd -T2