gzip format
Byte order: Little-endian
Offset Length Contents
0 2 bytes magic header 0x1f, 0x8b (\037 \213)
2 1 byte compression method
0: store (copied)
1: compress
2: pack
3: lzh
4..7: reserved
8: deflate
3 1 byte flags
bit 0 set: file probably ascii text
bit 1 set: continuation of multi-part gzip file, part number present
bit 2 set: extra field present
bit 3 set: original file name present
bit 4 set: file comment present
bit 5 set: file is encrypted, encryption header present
bit 6,7: reserved
4 4 bytes file modification time in Unix format
8 1 byte extra flags (depend on compression method)
9 1 byte OS type
[
2 bytes optional part number (second part=1)
]?
[
2 bytes optional extra field length (e)
(e)bytes optional extra field
]?
[
bytes optional original file name, zero terminated
]?
[
bytes optional file comment, zero terminated
]?
[
12 bytes optional encryption header
]?
bytes compressed data
4 bytes crc32
4 bytes uncompressed input size modulo 2^32
OS type:
| ID | OS
|
|---|
| 0x00 | FAT filesystem (MS-DOS, OS/2, NT/Win32)
|
| 0x01 | Amiga
|
| 0x02 | VMS (or OpenVMS)
|
| 0x03 | Unix
|
| 0x04 | VM/CMS
|
| 0x05 | Atari TOS
|
| 0x06 | HPFS filesystem (OS/2, NT)
|
| 0x07 | Macintosh
|
| 0x08 | Z-System
|
| 0x09 | CP/M
|
| 0x0a | TOPS-20
|
| 0x0b | NTFS filesystem (NT)
|
| 0x0c | QDOS
|
| 0x0d | Acorn RISCOS
|
| 0xff | unknown
|