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Compressing Files
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This manual is for Gzip (version 1.3.12, 5 February 2007), and
documents commands for compressing and decompressing data.

   Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007 Free Software
Foundation, Inc.

   Copyright (C) 1992, 1993 Jean-loup Gailly

     Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
     document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
     Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software
     Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts,
     and with no Back-Cover Texts.  A copy of the license is included
     in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

Overview

Preliminary information.

Sample

Sample output from `gzip'.

Invoking gzip

How to run `gzip'.

Advanced usage

Concatenated files.

Environment

The `GZIP' environment variable

Tapes

Using `gzip' on tapes.

Problems

Reporting bugs.

Copying This Manual

How to make copies of this manual.

Concept Index

Index of concepts.