Tzip
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== Identification == | == Identification == | ||
Files begin with a two-byte ASCII signature: "<code>TZ</code>". The third byte is always <code>0x00</code> in all known versions. | Files begin with a two-byte ASCII signature: "<code>TZ</code>". The third byte is always <code>0x00</code> in all known versions. | ||
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+ | * [[Tzip (Text ZIP)|Tzip]] an unrelated compression format with the same name. | ||
== Software == | == Software == | ||
* http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/compress/ → tzip-* | * http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/compress/ → tzip-* |
Revision as of 14:29, 29 August 2015
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).
Identification
Files begin with a two-byte ASCII signature: "TZ
". The third byte is always 0x00
in all known versions.
See also
- Tzip an unrelated compression format with the same name.