System utilities
gzip (GNU zip)
1.4 · Linux
gzip (GNU zip) is a data compression program for the GNU/Linux platform, using the LZ77 algorithm. The tool has a text-based interface and ensures high compression efficiency.
- Version
- 1.4
- Platform
- Linux
- Licence
- GNU GPL
- File size
- 886kB
- Version information updated
- 2010-04-16
- Manufacturer
- Jean-loup Gailly
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