gzip

gzip is a compression program.

The gzip KIO worker isn't directly usable, and is intended for use as a filter. For example, the tar KIO worker can filter a file through the gzip KIO worker, in order to display the contents of a tar.gz file directly in an Ecco window.

If you click a file compressed with a gz extension in Ecco, this KIO worker is used to uncompress it and display it as a normal, uncompressed file.

See the gzip man page.