On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Jason Harris wrote:

> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ tar -xzvf
> tar: option requires an argument -- f
> Try `tar --help' for more information.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ tar -xzvf 
> mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-0.9.4-installer.tar.gz
>
> gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
> tar: Child returned status 1
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gunzip mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-0.9.4-installer.tar.gz

Read the error messages.  The file is not in gzip format.  It's just named
.gz.  Try just tar xvf.

-jwb

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