--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/local/bin/perl
+
+use IO::Compress::Gzip qw( $GzipError );
+use strict ;
+use warnings ;
+
+die "Usage: gzappend gz-file file...\n"
+ unless @ARGV ;
+
+
+my $output = shift @ARGV ;
+
+@ARGV = '-' unless @ARGV ;
+
+my $gz = new IO::Compress::Gzip $output, Merge => 1
+ or die "Cannot open $output: $GzipError\n" ;
+
+$gz->write( [@ARGV] )
+ or die "Cannot open $output: $GzipError\n" ;
+
+$gz->close;
+
+
+