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unziping a file on sme5.6

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SSBN

unziping a file on sme5.6
« on: June 10, 2003, 09:44:10 PM »
I am trying to un tar a file.
I moved the file over to the server using samba
when i type in tar –xzf squidguard3.1.tar.gz
I get a not a valid tar file what am i missing
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steve

Re: unziping a file on sme5.6
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2003, 09:47:24 PM »
that is cuz it is zipped, see the gz at the end
try
gunzip

steve
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SSBN

Re: unziping a file on sme5.6
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2003, 10:26:10 PM »
When i type in gunzip squidguard3.1.tar.gz

It tells me it is not in gzip format.
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Dan Brown

Re: unziping a file on sme5.6
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2003, 10:45:16 PM »
Sounds like the file is corrupted.  The tar command you mentioned first should have worked, too.
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