According to CaT: While burning my CPU.
>
> Richard Adams wrote the following:
> >
> > According to ^Mr^: While burning my CPU.
> > >
> > > i've been downloading *.tgz or *.tar.gz files in win95 and then
> > > transferring them to the linux partition ... i've installed many
> > > *.tar.gz files successfully that way , but otherwise for *.tgz files ...
> > > whenever i do a gunzip filename.gz , it'll give the error :invalid
> >
> > I explained about gz, tar.gz and tgz files in a message to you, do you not
> > read what you are told. ??
> >
> > If the file is named *tgz the you are using the WRONG command, you should
>
> No he's not. At worst he's merely introducing an ectra step and wasting
> a bit of diskspace.
Sorry we seem to disagree then.
>
> > use in this case;
> > 'tar xzf filename.tgz' not 'gunzip filename.gz'
> > You said; "but otherwise for *.tgz files" so why use "gunzip filename.gz"
> > when its a tgz extention.
>
> Nothing wrong in doing so. a .tgz file is no different from a .tar.gz
> file. either cas eis just a tarball filtered through gzip.
Exachtly, then you DONT use gunzip as such on a tgz or tar.gz the command to
use is "tar xzf".
>
> He seems to have a somewhat different problem.
>
> > > compressed data ... the thing i noticed was that the files that were
> > > supposed to be micq-0.4.0.tgz were changed by windows into
> > > micq-0_4_0.tgz .. i've tried renaming that file from micq-0_4* into
> > > micq-0.4* , but the same problem happens .. the thing i did was , just
> > > download the files from linux .. anyone could tell me why does this
> > > problem affects only *.tgz and not *.tar.gz ?!?
>
> To ^Mr^: Do you have binary mode on in your windows ftp client? The
> renaming is probably windows trying to fit the file into 8.3.
This has been explained in detail to him before in previous mails written by
me and 3 others, it would seem he just does not read and further more do
what he is advised to check or do;.
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> CaT ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) URL: http://www.zip.com.au/dev/null
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> An electricity provider of New Hampshire, US has advised it's customers
> that in the event of a power failure they can log on to its website for
> more information... - Paraphrased from the New Scientist, Feb 6, 1999
>
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Regards Richard.
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