+--------+
         |76543210|
         +--------+

      This document does not address the issue of the order in which
      bits of a byte are transmitted on a bit-sequential medium, since
      the data format described here is byte- rather than bit-oriented.

      Within a computer, a number may occupy multiple bytes.  All
      multi-byte numbers in the format described here are stored with
      the least-significant byte first (at the lower memory address).
      For example, the decimal number 520 is stored as:

             0        1
         +--------+--------+
         |00001000|00000010|
         +--------+--------+
          ^        ^
          |        |
          |        + more significant byte = 2 x 256
          + less significant byte = 8




 
RFC 1952             GZIP File Format Specification             May 1996


   2.2. File format

      A gzip file consists of a series of "members" (compressed data
      sets).  The format of each member is specified in the following
      section.  The members simply appear one after another in the file,
      with no additional information before, between, or after them.

   2.3. Member format

      Each member has the following structure:

         +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
         |ID1|ID2|CM |FLG|     MTIME     |XFL|OS | (more-->)
         +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

      (if FLG.FEXTRA set)

         +---+---+=================================+
         | XLEN  |...XLEN bytes of "extra field"...| (more-->)
         +---+---+=================================+

      (if FLG.FNAME set)

         +=========================================+
         |...original file name, zero-terminated...| (more-->)
         +=========================================+

      (if FLG.FCOMMENT set)

         +===================================+
         |...file comment, zero-terminated...| (more-->)
         +===================================+

      (if FLG.FHCRC set)

         +---+---+
         | CRC16 |
         +---+---+

         +=======================+
         |...compressed blocks...| (more-->)
         +=======================+

           0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7
         +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
         |     CRC32     |     ISIZE     |
         +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+





 
RFC 1952             GZIP File Format Specification             May 1996


      2.3.1. Member header and trailer

         ID1 (IDentification 1)
         ID2 (IDentification 2)
            These have the fixed values ID1 = 31 (0x1f, \037), ID2 = 139
            (0x8b, \213), to identify the file as being in gzip format.

         CM (Compression Method)
            This identifies the compression method used in the file.  CM
            = 0-7 are reserved.  CM = 8 denotes the "deflate"
            compression method, which is the one customarily used by
            gzip and which is documented elsewhere.

         FLG (FLaGs)