Current Version: 1.2.4.See the file ChangeLog for the details of all changes.Major changes from 1.2.3 to 1.2.4* By default, do not restore file name and timestamp from those saved  inside the .gz file (behave as 'compress'). Added the --name option  to force name and timestamp restoration.* Accept - as synonym for stdin.* Use manlinks=so or ln to support either hard links or .so in man pages* Accept foo.gz~ in zdiff.* Added support for Windows NT* Handle ENAMETOOLONG for strict Posix systems* Use --recursive instead of --recurse to comply with Webster and  the GNU stdandard.* Allow installation of shell scripts with a g prefix: make G=g install* Install by default zcat as gzcat if gzcat already exists in path.* Let zmore behave as more when invoked without parameters (give help)* Let gzip --list reject files not in gzip format even with --force.* Don't complain about non gzip files for options -rt or -rl.* Added advice in INSTALL for several systems.Major changes from 1.2.2 to 1.2.3* Don't display the output name when decompressing except with --verbose.* Remove usage of alloca in getopt.c and all makefiles.* Added the zfile shell script in subdirectory sample.* Moved the list of compiler bugs from README to INSTALL.* Added vms/Readme.vms.Major changes from 1.2.1 to 1.2.2* Fix a compilation error on Sun with cc (worked with gcc).Major changes from 1.2 to 1.2.1* Let zmore act as more if the data is not gzipped.* made gzexe more secure (don't rely on PATH).* By default, display output name only when the name was actually truncated.Major changes from 1.1.2 to 1.2* Added the --list option to display the file characteristics.* Added the --no-name option: do not save or restore original filename  Save the original name by default.* Allow gunzip --suffix "" to attempt decompression on any file  regardless of its extension if an original name is present.* Add support for the SCO compress -H format.* gzip --fast now compresses faster (speed close to that of compress)  with degraded compression ratio (but still better than compress).  Default level changed to -6 (acts exactly as previous level -5) to  be a better indication of its placement in the speed/ratio range.* Use smart name truncation: 123456789012.c -> 123456789.c.gz   instead of 12345678901.gz* With --force, let zcat pass non gzip'ed data unchanged (zcat == cat)* Added the zgrep shell script.* Made sub.c useful for 16 bit sound, 24 bit images, etc..* Supress warnings about suffix for gunzip -r, except with --verbose.* On MSDOS, use .gz extension when possible (files without extension)* Moved the sample programs to a subdirectory sample.* Added a "Special targets" section in INSTALL.Major changes from 1.1.1 to 1.1.2.* Fix serious bug for VMS (-gz not removed when decompressing).* Allow suffix other than .gz in znew.* Do not display compression ratio when decompressing stdin.* In zmore.in, work around brain damaged stty -g (Ultrix).* Display a correct compression ratio for .Z files.* Added .z to .gz renaming script in INTALL.* Allow setting CFLAGS in configure.Major changes from 1.1 to 1.1.1.* Fix serious bug in vms.c (affects Vax/VMS only).* Added --ascii option.* Add workaround in configure.in for Ultrix (quote eval argument)Major changes from 1.0.7 to 1.1.* Use .gz suffix by default, add --suffix option.* Let gunzip accept a "_z" suffix (used by one 'compress' on Vax/VMS).* Quit when reading garbage from stdin instead of reporting an error.* Added makefile for VAX/MMS and support for wildcards on VMS.* Added support for MSC under OS/2.* Added support for Prime/PRIMOS.* Display compression ratio also when decompressing (with --verbose).* Quit after --version (GNU standard)* Use --force to bypass isatty() check* Continue processing other files in case of recoverable error.* Added comparison of zip and gzip in the readme file.* Added small sample programs (ztouch, sub, add)* Use less memory when compiled with -DSMALL_MEM (for MSDOS).* Remove the "off by more than one minute" time stamp kludgeMajor changes from 1.0.6 to 1.0.7.* Allow zmore to read from standard input (like more).* Support the 68000 (Atari ST) in match.S.* Retry partial writes (required on Linux when gzip is suspended in a pipe).* Allow full pathnames and renamings in gzexe.* Don't let gzexe compress setuid executables or gzip itself.* Added vms/Makefile.gcc for gcc on the Vax.* Allow installation of binaries and shell scripts in different dirs.* Allows complex PAGER variable in zmore (e.g.: PAGER="col -x | more")* Allow installation of zcat as gzcat.* Several small changes for portability to old or weird systems.* Suppress help message and send compressed data to the terminal when  gzip is invoked without parameters and without redirection.*  Add compile option GNU_STANDARD to respect the GNU coding standards:   with -DGNU_STANDARD, behave as gzip even if invoked under the name gunzip.(I don't like the last two changes, which were requested by the FSF.)Major changes from 1.0.5 to 1.0.6.* Let gzexe detect executables that are already gzexe'd.* Keep file attributes in znew and gzexe if cpmod is available.* Don't try restoring record format on VMS (1.0.5 did not work correctly)* Added asm version for 68000 in amiga/match.a.  Use asm version for Atari TT and NeXT.* For OS/2, assume HPFS by default, add flag OS2FAT if necessary.* Fixed some bugs in zdiff and define zcmp as a link to zdiff.Major changes from 1.0.4 to 1.0.5.* For VMS, restore the file type for variable record format, otherwise    extract in fixed length format (not perfect, but better than    forcing all files to be in stream_LF format).* For VMS, use "-z" default suffix and accept a version number in file names.* For Unix, allow compression of files with name ending in 'z'. Use only  .z, .*-z, .tgz, .taz as valid gzip extensions. In the last two cases,  extract to .tar by default.* On some versions of MSDOS, files with a 3 character extension could not  be compressed.* Garbage collect files in /tmp created by gzexe.* Fix the 'OS code' byte in the gzip header.* For the Amiga, add the missing utime.h and add support for gcc.Major changes from 1.0.3 to 1.0.4.* Added optimized asm version for 68020.* Add support for DJGPP.	* Add support for the Atari ST.* Added zforce to rename gzip'ed files with truncated names.* Do not install with name uncompress (some systems rely on the  absence of any check in the old uncompress).* Added missing function (fcfree) in msdos/tailor.c* Let gunzip handle .tgz files, and let gzip skip them.* Added -d option (decompress) for gzexe and try preserving file permissions.* Suppress all warnings with -q.* Use GZIP_OPT for VMS to avoid conflict with program name.* ... and many other small changes (see ChangeLog)Major changes from 1.0.2 to 1.0.3* Added -K option for znew to keep old .Z files if smaller* Added -q option (quiet) to cancel -v in GZIP env variable.* Made gzexe safer on systems with filename limitation to 14 chars.* Fixed bugs in handling of GZIP env variable and incorrect free with Turbo C.Major changes from 1.0.1 to 1.0.2* Added env variable GZIP for default options. Example:   for sh:   GZIP="-8 -v"; export GZIP   for csh:  setenv GZIP "-8 -v"* Added support for the Amiga.* znew now keeps the old .Z if it is smaller than the .z file.  This can happen for some large and very redundant files.* Do not complain about trailing garbage for record oriented IO (Vax/VMS).  This implies however that multi-part gzip files are not supported  on such systems.* Added gzexe to compress rarely used executables.* Reduce memory usage (required for MSDOS and useful on all systems).* Preserve time stamp in znew -P (pipe option) if touch -r works.Major changes from 1.0 to 1.0.1* fix trivial errors in the Borland makefile (msdos/Makefile.bor)Major changes from 0.8.2 to 1.0* gzip now runs on Vax/VMS* gzip will not not overwrite files without -f when using /bin/sh in  background.* Support the test option -t for compressed (.Z) files.  Allow some data recovery for bad .Z files.* Added makefiles for MSDOS (Only tested for MSC, not Borland).* still more changes to configure for several systemsMajor changes from 0.8.1 to 0.8.2:* yet more changes to configure for Linux and other systems* Allow zcat on a file with multiple links.Major changes from 0.8 to 0.8.1:* znew has now a pipe option -P to reduce the disk space requirements,  but this option does not preserve timestamps.* Fixed some #if directives for compilation with TurboC.Major changes from 0.7 to 0.8:* gzip can now extract .z files created by 'pack'.* configure should no longer believe that every machine is a 386* Fix the entry for /etc/magic in INSTALL.* Add patch for GNU tar 1.11.1 and a pointer to crypt++.el* Uncompress files with multiple links only with -f.* Fix for uncompress of .Z files on 16-bit machines* Create a correct output name for file names of exactly N-1 chars when  the system has a limit of N chars.Major changes from 0.6 to 0.7:* Use "make check" instead of "make test".* Keep time stamp and pass options to gzip in znew.* Do not create .z.z files with gzip -r.* Allow again gunzip .zip files (was working in 0.5)* Allow again compilation with TurboC 2.0 (was working in 0.4)Major changes form 0.5 to 0.6:* gunzip reported an error when extracting certain .z files. The .z files  produced by gzip 0.5 are correct and can be read by gunzip 0.6.* gunzip now supports multiple compressed members within a single .z file.* Fix the check for i386 in configure.* Added "make test" to check for compiler bugs. (gcc -finline-functions  is broken at least on the NeXT.)* Use environment variable PAGER in zmore if it is defined.* Accept gzcat in addition to zcat for people having /usr/bin before  /usr/local/bin in their path.