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What is GZip?

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What is GZip?

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GZip is the Free Software Foundation’s zip compression implementation. It is freely distributable and versions are available for most platforms. Amiga: ftp://de.aminet.net/pub/aminet/util/pack/gzip124x2.lha MS-DOS: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/gzip-1.2.4.msdos.exe UNIX: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip Most implementations of a Unix or Unix-ish OS will include gzip as standard, as will replacement Unix-style shells. If not, see your distribution web site. Top Q5.3.5 How do I preserve my long file names when using CrossDOS? CrossDOS’ drivers only support the 8.3 filename format so, when you copy your files from Win95 to the Amiga, or vice versa, longer filenames will be truncated to 8.3 by adding ~1, ~2 etc to the first six characters of your original filename and preserving the suffix. The last number differentiates between names that have the identical first six characters. You can avoid this by archiving the files, with their long names, with Winzip, LhA or some other suitable programme befo