try file filename.tar.gz
to see what magic it can pick out. You can try the following. tar xvf filename.tar.gz On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 09:57:00AM -0700, Anahita Yazdi wrote: > I have downloaded a package that I need to extract it on my desktop. I > used terminal command tar zxvf filename.tar.gz to do so, however this > is the error I keep getting: > gzip: stdin: not in gzip format > tar: Child returned status 1 > tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors > Would someone be able to help me with this please, > Thanks so much, > Anahita > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > vox-tech@lists.lugod.org > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/ "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." Professor C. A. R. Hoare The 1980 Turing award lecture _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
