[SLUG] gunzip error: invalid compressed data--format violated
Hi all I'm getting errors trying to gunzip some files of xray diffration data. I'm unzipping on a Linux box. The data was gziped on an SGI IRIX, stored on a Novel server, moved over to a Windows box and eventually to my Linux box. $ file mikel.tar.gz mikel.tar.gz: gzip compressed data, from Unix $ gunzip mikel.tar.gz incomplete literal tree gunzip: mikel.tar.gz: invalid compressed data--format violated $ gunzip archive.tar.gz gunzip: archive.tar.gz: invalid compressed data--format violated Note slightly diff error on the two files. googling indicates such probs can be from ftp transfers done as ascii instead of bin but I don't think that problem has occured here. What should I try? -- Mike Lake Caver, Linux enthusiast and interested in anything technical. -- UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] gunzip error: invalid compressed data--format violated
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 12:05:56PM +1000, Michael Lake wrote: Hi all I'm getting errors trying to gunzip some files of xray diffration data. I'm unzipping on a Linux box. The data was gziped on an SGI IRIX, stored on a Novel server, moved over to a Windows box and eventually to my Linux box. The most common destruction of gzip files is ftp in ASCII mode onto the MS-Windows box. If this is the problem then there is no way that I know of to fix it. Check that the size of the file is the same under Linux as it was on the original SGI box. - Tel ( http://bespoke.homelinux.net/ ) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iQIVAwUBQnmILcfOVl0KFTApAQK3lw//fnNh0KCw86kTC0skSL4QFwjA6uZIdHCd ds6Pme5kDco6cTyWI5SqZl6xVERLGXHF4TsisvNjXvmdwWRn0B8y80o9wkSDzTSh tvnhZytq4nZj+nYTXO4ERVrpwNEC3nCdnMsVkUBVkbr8+PLg5KAIdUa1kD5MQ0gF nNLiDMUI8ZwDdrUdsr7jLwJqArZusagmsIsfOqBuV0KeE+C9WuLYcbV2ptBnPu4g NRouuKLyq7anbvMluLprjrL1LynsSHdwBi26Jhnz2wTsssgpRv0UJY3UiBQ6xkmY i6lpg1YEmGGrNzGZSWPAucbAlzS28WMFbEWLzROzz19Ksj96SHHqp5MOLvaVWo69 Uba9kgg/fTS2xqsKhhg0HQbeoHESJMf+3IzSPXPM6nmfyx8iQM3fflUGGI1yl8kA xpjhl5Oyuri4MdD9CMQMst0nywdgx/QWUVja3yCvQ6JsugsvxRFhdhYT9ZMneqvb k9ZE7m07FeLcgp3vCP7AErIk6F8xtgasggjh6qbSIEPFNaOvu3Jz6Ls0B7Kta62C I882WtuTqCuut0TIx36+CWJtELBFuqUV+kF/2VKvmjITFBM/AF6tfVtXdRmFYkB2 0xfpDnypfoD5y5w31XZ/NTS8Y3XgwQaZyoOiS1c7pqN+oqnA+hGoo/JV/IQth4df EMllPvzsFO4= =mInW -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] gunzip error: invalid compressed data--format violated
Hi On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 12:05:56PM +1000, Michael Lake wrote: I'm getting errors trying to gunzip some files of xray diffration data. I'm unzipping on a Linux box. The data was gziped on an SGI IRIX, stored on a Novel server, moved over to a Windows box and eventually to my Linux box. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The most common destruction of gzip files is ftp in ASCII mode onto the MS-Windows box. If this is the problem then there is no way that I know of to fix it. Check that the size of the file is the same under Linux as it was on the original SGI box. Yeah in most cases its an ASCII instead of bin prob but I dont think so here. If I do this: gunzip -c admin.tar.gz | tar -xvf - I get a bin directory and one of my scripts recovered (though mangled a lot) and then the error: tar: skipping to next header tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers invalid compressed data--format violated Thats why I'm wondering if it's an error because I used an IRIX gzip and trying to unzip with gunzip on a TiPowerBook under Debian. Mike -- Michael Lake Chemistry, Materials Forensic Science, UTS Ph: 9514 1725 Fx: 9514 1460 [pls ignore idiot lawyer's msg below] -- UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] gunzip error: invalid compressed data--format violated
Michael Lake wrote: Thats why I'm wondering if it's an error because I used an IRIX gzip and trying to unzip with gunzip on a TiPowerBook under Debian. I have had similar issues. I actually installed gzip from source on the ancient machine I was using. These days I'd install bzip2. Of course, maybe you can locate some source for this ancient IRIX gzip. Trent -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
