*- On 1 Jul, Cuno Sonnemans wrote about "TAR.GZ" > Hi, > > I've downloaded GUILGNL0.GZ (WP8 language module). > Now I want to try to extract it. > I've tried, tar -xzvf .............., and gunzip ................ . > In both cases I got the message: not a gzip format. > How is this possible and what is the way to extract GUILGNL0.GZ !!! >
Try using the 'file' program to identify it. If it is a gz file you should get something like, % file GUILGNL0.GZ GUILGNL0.GZ: gzip compressed data, deflated, last modified: Sun Apr 11 00:20:57 1999, max compression, os: Unix If it is a tar, % file GUILGNL0.GZ GUILGNL0.GZ: GNU tar archive Perhaps the file got uncompressed when you downloaded it but the file extension was left on. Or if you ftp'd it did you use binary mode? If ftp was not in binary mode during the download and instead in ascii mode then the file is destroyed and you will have to get it again. -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------
