Re: problem gunzip'ing WP8
At 12:10 PM 1/13/1999 -0600, Ian Keith Setford wrote:
>
>I downloaded the GUILG00.GZ in whole and in sections from cdrom.com and
>download.com today but I can't unzip them. Gunzip says it the wrong
>format:
>~
>shark:~$ gunzip GUILG00.GZ
>
>gunzip: GUILG00.GZ: not in gzip format
>
>ls -l shows:
>~
>shark:~$ ls -l GUILG00.GZ
>-rw-rw-r-- 1 ian ian 28641280 Jan 13 08:50 GUILG00.GZ
>
>I've also tried it as root to no avail. Am I missing something or are the
>files corrupt? The only way to d/l them is through Netscape due to the
>license thing. Could somebody else d/l and try to unzip this file and
>tell me what happens?
>
>TIA.
>
>-Ian
>______________________________________________________________________
>Ian Setford ians@unt.edu
>
> PGP = F2 92 50 E3 CD D7 A2 D9 C4 CE 08 A6 98 E0 0F 58
>
There was a similar thread about this a few weeks ago. IIRC, the conclusion
was that Netscape unzips it on the fly without changing the name. Just
remove the .GZ extension and then try to use it.
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