The zlib stream format, DEFLATE, and the gzip file format were standardized respectively as RFC 1950, RFC 1951, and RFC 1952. Gzip is a file extension commonly associated with Gnu Zipped Format files ...
The zlib stream format, DEFLATE, and the gzip file format were standardized respectively as RFC 1950, RFC 1951, and RFC 1952. Gzip is a file extension commonly associated with Gnu Zipped Format files compatible with Linux, Mac OS, Windows. Users can manage GZIP files with WinZip, although other programs can also handle this type of file.
GNU Gzip provides general file compression and decompression. The Smith Micro StuffIt Deluxe 2011 supports compressing and decompressing GZIP files. To open a .gzip file, double-click it and if your file associations are set up correctly, the application meant to open it will launch.
The most common gzip extension is .gz, although .z extensions are also recognized for gzipped files on Linux. The .gz extension tells Linux tools like gunzip to decompress the file with gzip.
GZIP files consist of binary format compressed using the Gnu gzip compression algorithm. More information is available at the gzip home page. Most modern archiving tools should be able to decompress .gzip files and extract the contents. You can repack these archives to some other format using your favorite archive compressor.
Although not commonly used on Windows, the GZIP compression format is still popular on UNIX/Linux. To open GZIP files on Windows, save the .gzip file to the desktop and open it with WinZip using the GZ Opener functionality.
