gzip

[Grant]

Also, often the file isn't actually gzipped, even though the file name
says otherwise.

On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Edmund Lam wrote:

> Grzegorz Galazka wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >         You've written on your page that if I have a problem I can  report
> > to thi address, so here you go:
> > after downloading samba-2.2.0.tar.gz from your website I execute tar zxvf
> > samba-2.2.0.tar.gz andhere's what I get:
> >  gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
> > tar: Child returned status 1
> > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> >  What the hell do I do wrong? I't a gzip isn't it?
> >
> Some versions of tar also do not support gzip with the z parameter.
> 
> Try
> gzip -cd samba-2.2.0.tar.gz | tar xvf -
> 
> instead
> 
> Eddie
> 
> 
>