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# Gzip

For installation instructions see the Section called Installing Gzip-1.3.5 in Chapter 6.

## Official Download Location

Gzip (1.3.5):
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/

## Contents of Gzip

(Last checked against version 1.2.4a.)

The gzip package contains programs to compress and decompress files using the Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77).

Gzip installs the following:

### Program Files

gunzip (link to gzip), gzexe, gzip, uncompress (link to gunzip), zcat (link to gzip), zcmp, zdiff, zforce, zgrep, zmore and znew

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## Descriptions

(Last checked against version 1.2.4a.)

### Program file descriptions

gunzip decompresses gzipped files.

gzexe is used to create self-uncompressing executable files.

gzip compresses the given files, using Lempel-Ziv (LZ77) coding.

zcat uncompresses the given gzipped files to standard output.

zcmp runs cmp on gzipped files.

zdiff runs diff on gzipped files.

zforce forces a .gz extension on all given files that are gzipped files, so that gzip will not compress them again. This can be useful when file names were truncated during a file transfer.

zgrep runs grep on gzipped files.

zless runs less on gzipped files.

zmore runs more on gzipped files.

znew recompresses files from compress format to gzip format -- .Z to .gz.

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## Gzip Installation Dependencies

(Last checked against version 1.2.4a.)

Bash: sh
Binutils: as, ld, nm
Coreutils: cat, chmod, cp, hostname, install, ln, mv, rm, tr
GCC: cc1, collect2, cpp, cpp0, gcc
Grep: egrep, grep
Make: make
Sed: sed

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