How to unzip gz file

[Ashish Goenkar]

Hello,
I recently downloaded a file from a torrent site which is in a gz file format. I tried to extract it with a software called winzip but as my trial is expired I cant use it anymore to extract any file. So can anyone help me out by providing me any other software that I can use to unzip this .gz file. Thank you

[Viceman]

Gzip or GNU zip is a popular free file compression program in Unix, Linux and BSD operating system platform. Gzip compress and package into an archive file with .gz or .gzip extension.

To open, view, unzip, decompress or uncompress a Gzip compressed archive file in Windows environment, a third party compression and decompression utiltiy or file archiver or data compression utility that supports Gzip archive file format is needed.

The popular file archivers or compression tools that supports Gzip include:

• Gzip
• WinAce
• Stuffit
• PowerArchiver (freeware)
• WinRAR

[Expertz]

It's not a ZIP file though. Some popular Windows programs will unpack many different compressed formats, but zip.unpack will only do the true ZIP format. To unpack a .gz file you need the gunzip program (or gzip with suitable option). Notice that R can read gz files using a (surprise...) gzfile() connection.

[Team Leader]

I have 3 suggestions

1) Use "C:\PROGRA~1\GZIP\GZIP -cd" (get rid of the space).
2) If GZIP doesn't need a bunch of DLLs, copy it to your Analog directory, or
3) If it does use DLLs, put the GZIP directory on your PATH.