GNU bug report logs - #23940
Sent to this address because it's about GZip

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: ☀Jim <jim <at> myrealaddress.com>

Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 06:08:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: ☀Jim <jim <at> myrealaddress.com>
To: bug-gzip <at> gnu.org
Subject: Sent to this address because it's about GZip
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016 13:56:11 -0400
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Hello!

I was going through ancient files of mine from the first versions of OS X and the finals of System 9.2… and I found a very small file with the .GZ extension, and realized 
I do not possess anything (much to my surprise) that has incorporated that format into their “universal decompression” functions.

It’s 15 years old, and it is with many of my (of the day) apps that I used constantly, such as Aldus PageMaker, and Adobe Photoshop.

The file is a mere 49KB.  Would you be so kind as to decompress it for me?  I don’t even recall what it is!


Thanks in advance!  Also, is there a simple GUI version of this app for Mac or is it Command Line only in Unix / Unix-like systems?  Thanks again!

[SPELLBINDER_DMG.GZ.zip (application/zip, attachment)]
[Message part 3 (text/plain, inline)]
   <--- zipped first

[SPELLBINDER_DMG.GZ (application/x-gzip, attachment)]
[Message part 5 (text/plain, inline)]
    <--- just as is, .GZ

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