Re: gunzip: ae_962.orig.tar.gz: not in gzip format

[Rolf Schillinger <rolf@sir-wum.de>]

Hi,

On 27 Jul 2001, Mario Vukelic wrote:

> On 26 Jul 2001 17:40:21 -0400, Andrew Dixon wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > I just downloaded the source to ae from the Debian home page and when I
> > try to untar it I get the following error:
> > 
> > dixon@rowling:~$ tar -zxvf ae_962.orig.tar.gz 
> > 
> > gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
> > tar: Child returned status 1
> > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> > dixon@rowling:~$ 
> > 
> > I also tried to just gunzip it but I'm having no luck there either:
> > 
> > dixon@rowling:~$ gunzip ae_962.orig.tar.gz 
> > 
> > gunzip: ae_962.orig.tar.gz: not in gzip format
> Did you download it with mozilla? There was a time around 0.9.1 (I
> believe it's supposed to be fixed in 0.9.2, but IIRC my 0.9.2 did too)
> when moz due to a bug in the linux version ungzipped the file but left
> the extension or something like that
that explains much... I think I already saw that happen too on 0.9.2.
Anyway, use file ae_962.orig.tar.gz to get a definite answer on what
filetype it is.
bis bald, Rolf