PKGNAME: gzip-1.2.4L.tar.gz TITLE: gzip for L(inux) VERSION: 1.2.4 DESC1: gzip (GNU zip) is a compression utility designed to be a DESC2: replacement for 'compress'. Its main advantages over compress are DESC3: much better compression and freedom from patented algorithms. AUTHOR: Jean-loop Gailly - gloop@chorus.fr MAINTBY: greg@halcyon.com MAINTAT1: sunsite.unc.edu PATHFILE1: ~pub/linux/utils/compress MAINTAT2: prep.ai.mit.edu (source) PATHFILE2: ~pub/gnu REQUIRED1: compiled under gcc v 2.4.5 on Linux, using libc.so.4.4.1 REQUIRED2: source: supports many platforms REQUIRED3: COPYPOLICY: gnu copyleft KEYWORDS: gzip gunzip gzexe zcmp zforce znew zdiff zcat zmore uncompress APPROXSIZE: 199k LAST3REL: 1.2.3 COMMENT1: faith@cs.unc.edu normally maintains this for linux, since he is COMMENT2: a tad busy with emacs, I thought I would pop this package out. COMMENT3: new default extension .gz, now supports NT CHECKEDBY: greg@halcyon.com DATE: 08/22/93