<article lang="&language;" id="gzip"> <title >gzip</title> <articleinfo> <authorgroup> <author >&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;</author> <othercredit role="translator" ><firstname >Malcolm</firstname ><surname >Hunter</surname ><affiliation ><address ><email >malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email ></address ></affiliation ><contrib >Conversion to British English</contrib ></othercredit > </authorgroup> </articleinfo> <para ><command >gzip</command > is a compression program</para> <para >The gzip kioslave is not directly usable, and is intended for use as a filter. For example, the tar kioslave can filter a file through the gzip kioslave, in order to display the contents of a <literal role="extension" >tar.gz</literal > file directly in a &konqueror; window.</para> <para >If you click on a file compressed with a <literal role="extension" >gz</literal > extension in &konqueror;, this kioslave is used to uncompress it and display it as a normal (uncompressed) file.</para> <para >If you are a developer, and would like to use the gzip filter, you can find documentation on using kioslaves at <ulink url="http://developer.kde.org" >http://developer.kde.org</ulink ></para> <para >See the manual: <ulink url="man:/gzip" >gzip</ulink >. </para> </article>