ARCHIVED: In Unix, what program creates a file with the extension .gz?

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ARCHIVED: In Unix, what program creates a file with the extension .gz?

Newer versions of the gzip program use the .gz extension for compressed files. Older versions use .z . At Indiana University, gzip is installed on UITS shared Unix systems. See the documents listed below for details about using Unix compression utilities.

At Indiana University, for personal or departmental Linux or Unix systems support, see At IU, how do I get support for Linux or Unix?

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