Tzip
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'''tzip''' is a file compression utility, and its associated compressed file format. It was written by Adam McKee. It uses [[Burrows–Wheeler transform]] compression. It's designed such that it could be used as a drop-in replacement for [[gzip]] (although [[bzip2]] should be preferred over tzip). | '''tzip''' is a file compression utility, and its associated compressed file format. It was written by Adam McKee. It uses [[Burrows–Wheeler transform]] compression. It's designed such that it could be used as a drop-in replacement for [[gzip]] (although [[bzip2]] should be preferred over tzip). | ||
Latest revision as of 13:29, 28 June 2016
tzip is a file compression utility, and its associated compressed file format. It was written by Adam McKee. It uses Burrows–Wheeler transform compression. It's designed such that it could be used as a drop-in replacement for gzip (although bzip2 should be preferred over tzip).
[edit] Identification
Files begin with a two-byte ASCII signature: "TZ". The third byte is always 0x00 in all known versions.
[edit] See also
- Tzip an unrelated compression format with the same name.
