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   Hello Wilfred!   
      
   ** On 28.04.20 - 09:57, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to August Abolins:   
      
    AA>> I found out that gzip -d  complains about the bundle suffixes.   
      
    WvV>That's right. Despite the name gzip is not a compressor that can   
    WvV>handle .zip files. Gzip is for .gz files. Besides gzip is just a   
    WvV>compressor not an archiver. On it's own it can only compress 1 file   
    WvV>at a time, so you can't create bundles with it (that contain more   
    WvV>than 1 file)...   
      
   CRAP. Thanks for the reminder.  *Now* I remember why I bothered to get it.   
      
   Meanwhile, why don't these effen things provide something useful in the     
   the CLI-invoked help:   
      
   H:\>gzip -h   
   gzip 1.2.4 (18 Aug 93)   
   usage: gzip [-acdfhlLnNrtvV19] [-S suffix] [file ...]   
    -a --ascii       ascii text; convert end-of-lines using local conventions   
    -c --stdout      write on standard output, keep original files unchanged   
    -d --decompress  decompress   
    -f --force       force overwrite of output file and compress links   
    -h --help        give this help   
    -l --list        list compressed file contents   
    -L --license     display software license   
    -n --no-name     do not save or restore the original name and time stamp   
    -N --name        save or restore the original name and time stamp   
    -q --quiet       suppress all warnings   
    -r --recursive   operate recursively on directories   
    -S .suf  --suffix .suf     use suffix .suf on compressed files   
    -t --test        test compressed file integrity   
    -v --verbose     verbose mode   
    -V --version     display version number   
    -1 --fast        compress faster   
    -9 --best        compress better   
    file...          files to (de)compress. If none given, use standard input.   
      
      
   No real clues, zip nada ziltch, that this is a .gz processor.  I shouldn't     
   have to go to google to find out what it is. google wasn't around in 1993.   
      
   I mean, I appreciate a fine -h summary like the above, but it essentially     
   it only speaks to the geekiest among us that have not depleted any brain     
   cells.   
      
   I'm starting sound like a grumpy Cheese Burger [*].   
      
   FWIW, it apprears that this version can work with multiple files.      
   Starting at the 3rd parameter, [file ...] indicates that we can list a     
   bunch of files and "compress" them in a bundle.   
      
   [*] If nobody knows what I mean by the Cheese Burger reference you don't     
   know what you are missing.  I'll explain later.   
      
      
     ../|ug   
      
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