Date: Fri, 1 Aug 1997 20:10:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net> To: Mike Jeays <jeays@statcan.ca> Cc: Captain Jason Beltz <rdobbs@fedbbs.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GZIP Question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970801200931.2462D-100000@luke.cpl.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.970731221944.7806A-100000@austral>
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> On Thu, 31 Jul 1997, Captain Jason Beltz wrote: > > > To Whom It May Concern; > > I appear to be having trouble with GZIP. I retrieved a copy of > > Linux's version of Netscape (I am using the compatibility library) and I > > am trying to uncompress the archieve (gz extension). GZIP keeps telling > > me it's not a GZIP archieve. > > What sould I do? Please let me know if you need further > > information on the configuration of my machine past the following > > information: > > > > CPU: Intel Pentium 150 > > Memory: 64 MB > > Disk1: 6.4GB - approx. 5.1 GB free > > OS: FreeBSD 2.2.2RELEASE (installed over FTP through PPP dialup) > > > > Sincerely; > > Raymond Dobbs > > > > > > > Did you remember to FTP it in binary mode? Forgetting this is my usual > cause of corrupted TAR files, unfortunately! Check the file size is > exactly the same as the source you obtained it from. If it was downloaded in FreeBSD, "ftp" auto detects the type of file being downloaded. Brain dead Windows of course does not, and is highly annoying as well.
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