The construct_version method source code

(1)
if $gzip -d < $1 > $2 ; then
(2)
exit $MGR_CONSTRUCT_USE_NEW_FILE
(3)
else
(4)
exit $MGR_FAILED
(5)
fi

In Line 1, the contents of source_container_pname are uncompressed and stored in the cleartext container, data_pname. The remaining lines return the appropriate value to the calling process, depending on the success or failure of the gzip command.