
What is the maximum compression ratio of gzip? - Super User
May 9, 2010 · And 42.zip, besides not being gzip, requires recursive decompression, which is not a fair comparison. The compression ratio of the first layer is still within normal parameters.
What can be used to 'gzip' in Windows? - Super User
But those that are unwilling to install anything and wish to use gzip or gunzip to compress or decompress single files can create a System.IO.Compression.GZipStream object in …
compression - Pros and cons of bzip vs gzip? - Super User
Oct 30, 2010 · I've known gzip for years, recently I saw bzip being used at work. Are they basically equivalent, or are there significant pros and cons to one of them over the other?
How to gzip multiple files into one gz file? - Super User
Mar 29, 2011 · You'll want to use tar, like so: tar -czvf file.tar.gz cvd*.txt tar puts the files together, while gzip then performs the compression. Quoth the gzip manpage: If you wish to create a …
How to GZIP all the files or a list of files from some path?
Jul 11, 2011 · 21 gzip will always compress each file into a single .gz file when given a list of files on its command line. For example $ gzip -r log.2011 to recursively walk the log.2011 directory …
Unexpected end of file. Gzip compressed file - Super User
gzip: file.txt.gz: unexpected end of file The correct way to represent an empty txt file would have been generating first the txt file, then compress it and, finally, decompress it:
compression - Is .gz the same as .gzip? - Super User
Mar 3, 2017 · I'm decompressing a file with a .gzip extension and then re-compressing it using 7Zip. When re-compressed though it has a .gz extension. Are a .gz and .gzip extension the …
When using "gzip --decompress", the result is "gzip: MYFILE.zip ...
30 You may be using the wrong tool. gzip is file compressor/decompressor for files that generally have the file extension .gz and cannot extract files from a file like colorbox.zip. On linux you …
linux - How to uncompress file - Super User
May 15, 2018 · Rename the file to sample.file.gz and rerun gunzip on the new file. unknown suffix -- ignored Is telling you that it does not understand the .file suffix so it is ignoring the file. As …
linux - How do I uncompress vmlinuz to vmlinux? - Super User
I have already tried uncompress, gzip, and all other solutions that come up as google results and these have not worked for me. To get just the image search for the GZ signature - 1f 8b 08 00. …