Format
GZIP Format
Summary
- Name
- GZIP Format
- Identifiers
-
- MIME: application/gzip
- Apple Uniform Type Identifier: org.gnu.gnu-zip-archive
- PUID: x-fmt/266
- Format type
- Aggregate
- Description
- An archive format primarily for Unix/Linux operating systems and which utilizes the GNU zip (gzip) compression method.
- Note
- https://fileinfo.com/extension/gz https://filext.com/file-extension/GZ
- File extensions
-
gz,z - Source
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Relationships
Internal signatures
GZIP format
- Note
- Member header ID1 and ID2 fields
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
1F8B08- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Updated in V118
- Release date
- 30 April 2024
GZIP Format: Description created and documentation links added as part of PRONOM Research Week 2023. Submitted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
-
Updated in V92
- Release date
- 20 September 2017
GZIP Format: Changed MIME type from application/x-gzip to application/gzip to match current IANA entry.
-
Updated in V68
- Release date
- 1 May 2013
GZIP Format: Removed errant full stop from format extension as part of a data normalisation exercise.