Gzip
gzip
https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/
compress and decompress files
A compression utility designed to replace 'compress'. Much better compression and freedom from patented algorithms are its main advantages over compress. Gzip decompresses files created by gzip, compress, or pack; it detects the input format automatically.
Documentation
https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/manual/
This is a GNU package:gzip
Download
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/gzip-1.9.tar.xz
version 1.9
(stable)
released on 7 January 2018
User level
Intermediate
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Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
| Jim Meyering | Maintainer |
| Paul Eggert | Maintainer |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Debian (Ref) | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/gzip | |
| Savannah (Ref) | https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gzip | |
| Ruby (Ref) | https://rubygems.org/gems/gzip | |
| VCS Repository Webview | https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gzip.git | |
| Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gzip | |
| Download | https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip |
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This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 4 May 2018.
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