On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Karl-Heinz Herrmann wrote:

>
> On 25-Oct-01 Dirk Laurie wrote:
> > Why can't we start using a new extension, e.g. .psz or .pgz, instead
> > .ps.gz (like we already use .tgz for .tar.gz)?  It won't confuse gview
> > (I've tried it), and it will make life easier for browsers.  I bet once
> > someone starts it, it will catch on.
>
> Because the original gnu g[un]zip will not work on anything wich hasn't the
> ".gz".
>
> > gzip PhD.ps
> > mv PhD.ps.gz PhD.pgz
> > gunzip PhD.pgz
> gunzip: PhD.pgz: unknown suffix -- ignored
Use gunzip -S "" or gunzip -Z "psz" instead.

Christof

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