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Compressing Files
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This manual is for Gzip (version 1.3.12, 13 June 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.