gunzip does not extract *.tgz

nausicaa3000 · 02-04-2004, 10:02 PM

I am having trouble with extracting a *.tgz archive. Gzip was not installed on the system. I got it from the gzip home page and did as the instructions show:
tar xvf gzip-1.2.4.tar
cd gzip-1.2.4
./configure
make
When I use gunzip to extract the archive it gives a checksum error. The archive seems to be fine, and I can extract the tar using winzip. Could this be a problem with the way the file was transfered to the AIX box? I used ftp (put).

crabboy · 02-04-2004, 10:39 PM

Did you select binary file type in ftp? If it was transfered in ascii mode it would surely cause checksum errors.

nausicaa3000 · 02-04-2004, 11:50 PM

That may be the answer, though I used the same method of transfer to bring the gzip tar archive over to the system. Would an ascii transfer effect *.tgz files and not *.tar?
In any case, how do I try a binary transfer via ftp?

Thanks!

iainr · 02-05-2004, 03:31 AM

To do a binary transfer, just type "bin" when at the ftp> prompt.

snacky · 02-05-2004, 04:43 AM

use "tar xzf filename.tar.gz" to extract gzipped tarfiles.

Or gunzip them then untar them manually.

It's much quicker to type "tar xzf"

Also "tar xjf filename.tar.bz2" automatically calls bzip2.

nausicaa3000 · 02-05-2004, 10:03 PM

Thank you very much, the binary transfer worked just fine!

MrPotatoHead · 02-07-2004, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by snacky
use "tar xzf filename.tar.gz" to extract gzipped tarfiles.

Or gunzip them then untar them manually.

It's much quicker to type "tar xzf"

Also "tar xjf filename.tar.bz2" automatically calls bzip2.

I might be wrong but usually the AIX tar binary doesn't know how to handle gzipped files.. We usually ftp the gzip binary out to our servers if we need to gunzip someting

MrP