HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 175)

PUT Command
EDIT Command Summary
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The command:
28> EDIT NEW1; PUT !; EXIT
compresses NEW1. The results of one compression are:
29> FUP INFO NEW1, DETAIL
$WORK.FICTION.NEW1 6/23/87 13:09
TYPE U
CODE 101
EXT ( 7 PAGES, 7 PAGES )
MAXEXTENTS 16
BUFFERSIZE 4096
OWNER 8,13
SECURITY (RWEP): CUCU
MODIF: 8/17/87 12:07
CREATION DATE: 8/17/87 12:07
LAST OPEN: 8/17/87 12:07
EOF 172 (0.3% USED)
EXTENTS ALLOCATED: 2
Notice that compressing
a file affects seven fields.
You can continue to use the PUT ! command; EDIT will compress the file
and make the additional space on the disk available for use. Unless the file
is especially large and heavily edited, two file compressions compress a file
sufficiently.