melt

Uncompress frozen files (UNIX)

Syntax:

melt [-cfvVz] [filename...]

Runs on:

Neutrino

Options:

See freeze.

Description:

The melt utility is equivalent to freeze -d. See the freeze utility for details.

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The freeze/melt/fcat compression utilities will eventually become deprecated in favor of the GNU zip suite, gzip/gunzip/zcat. The freeze suite of utilities will continue to be provided for quite some time before being eliminated completely.

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Contributing author:

Leonid A. Broukhis

See also:

fcat, freeze, gzip, gunzip, zcat

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