---
name: "kgb"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kgb"
version: "1.0b4+ds-14.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kgb"
---

# kgb(1)

.kgb files archiver

## NAME

kgb - .kgb files archiver

## SYNOPSIS

kgb \[-\<m\>\] archive.kgb \[filename  ...\] \[@files\_listing @...\]

kgb FILE.kgb

## DESCRIPTION

**kgb** is a file archiver with high-compression rates (and high CPU and memory cost).

## OPTIONS

### Compressing:

- **-\<m\>**

  Set compression level (memory usage), values:\
      0: 2 MB (fastest)\
      1: 3 MB\
      2: 6 MB\
      3: 18 MB (default)\
      4: 64 MB\
      5: 154 MB\
      6: 202 MB\
      7: 404 MB\
      8: 808 MB\
      9: **1616 MB** (best compression)

- **archive.kgb**

  Filename of the new KGB archive. It must **not** exist, otherwise it will fail.

- **\[filename ...\]**

  File or list of files to compress.

- **\[@files\_listing @...\]**

  File(s) containing a list of file names to be compressed, separated by a new line.

### Uncompressing:

**FILE.kgb**\
  KGB archive to extract.

## AUTHOR

- KGB Archiver v1.0b4, (C) 2005-2006 Tomasz Pawlak; Based on PAQ6 by Matt Mahoney; mod by Slawek \<poczta-sn@gazeta.pl\>.

  This manual page was written by Raphael Geissert \<atomo64@gmail.com\>  for the **Debian** system (but may be used by others).