MiniGZip

Contents

• Introduction and Overview
• *Commands
  • MiniGZip

Introduction and Overview

GZip is a standard method of compressing files on unix systems. The MiniGZip utility can compress and decompress files compressed using GZip compression.

*Commands

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*MiniGZip

Compress or decompress a GZip file

Syntax

*MiniGZip [-h] [-f] [-1 - -9] <input> <output>

Parameters

-h	-	Huffamn encoding only
-f	-	Filtered data is being used (small values)
-1 - -9	-	Compression level (9 = highest, 1 = lowest)
-d	-	Decompress file (otherwise compress)
<input>	-	File to process
<output>	-	Output file

Use

This command is used to compress or decompress files using GZip compression.

Example

*MiniGZip -d source/tar/gz source/tar

Related APIs

None

Document information

Maintainer(s):	RISCOS Ltd <developer@riscos.com>
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