Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 00:43:27 -0400 From: mpd <mpd@rochester.rr.com> To: Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: uncompress fails Message-ID: <20020512004326.A29566@rochester.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020511232623.032f6460@mail.Go2France.com>; from LConrad@Go2France.com on Sat, May 11, 2002 at 11:28:25PM -0500 References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020511232623.032f6460@mail.Go2France.com>
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On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 11:28:25PM -0500, Len Conrad wrote: > # tar -xvzf pop-before-smtp-1.30.tar.gz > gzip: stdin: not in gzip format > tar: child returned status 1 > > now what? > > 1.28, 1.29 fail the same way. Are you sure that it's gzipped? Use 'file' to see what kind of file it really is. I've had this problem before, when I use a browser to download a file from a strangely configured server. > > Len > mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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