MAKEHOLE(1)

NAME
makehole - squeeze nulls out of a file

SYNOPSIS
makehole [-d] file [...]

DESCRIPTION
Makehole attempts to compress files by converting runs of nulls into holes in the file, via seek(1)ing over the nulled part of the file. The -d option makes makehole not save backup copies of the files it compresses.

BUGS
Some files -- kernel images in particular -- do not take kindly to being run through makehole, and are likely to not work afterwards.

AUTHOR
David Parsons ( orc@pell.chi.il.us )