Re: gzip: add "--keep" option to keep original files unchanged

[Bob Proulx]

Antonio Diaz Diaz wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> >Rodrigo Campos wrote:
> >>Great! Do you prefer the short option to be "-k" or "-K" ?
> >
> >I would vote with Eric and use -k to be consistent with xy and bzip2.
> >They are the closer related family of tools.
> 
> I guess I voted for -k when I implemented it in lzip. :-)

Oh I should have mentioned lzip as well!  As soon as I read this I
felt sad for not having done so.  It was a lapse of thought on my
part.  Apologies.  Lzip is definitely part of the family!

> Using -K for --keep would be an anomaly among gzip-like compressors.

Yes.

Bob