gzip: Gzip/Gunzip a file

Usage

## S3 method for class 'default}(filename, destname=sprintf("\%s.gz", filename), overwrite=FALSE, remove=TRUE, BFR.SIZE=1e+07, ...)':
gzipundefined

Gzip/Gunzip a file.

filename{Pathname of input file.}
 destname{Pathname of output file.}
 overwrite{If the output file already exists, then if
   overwrite is TRUE the file is silently overwritting,
   otherwise an exception is thrown.}
 remove{If TRUE, the input file is removed afterward,
   otherwise not.}
 BFR.SIZE{The number of bytes read in each chunk.}
  ...{Not used.}

Returns the number of (input) bytes read.

Internally gzfile() (see connections) is used to
  read (write) chunks to (from) the gzip file.
  file.

cat(file="foo.txt", "Hello world!")
  gzip("foo.txt")
  print(file.info("foo.txt.gz"))
  gunzip("foo.txt.gz")
  print(file.info("foo.txt"))
  file.remove("foo.txt")

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