gunzip (host)

Uncompress files (UNIX)

Syntax:

gunzip [-cfhLlNnqrtvV] [name...]

Runs on:

Microsoft Windows

Options:

See gzip for a complete listing.

Description:

The gunzip utility uncompresses files that have been compressed with gzip. It's equivalent to gzip -d. See gzip (host) for more details.

Note:
This utility is subject to the GNU Public License (GPL). We've included it for use on development systems.
CAUTION:
The gunzip host binary is from the MSYS package. It is not designed to work with ASLR as on Windows 10 and 11, Force randomization for images (Mandatory ASLR ) is disabled by default. If you enable it to use ASLR, the date utility will fail to load.

Contributing author:

GNU

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