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tar xvzf xxxx.tgz encounters an error.

Hello friends,

I am trying to extract a POSIX tar archive (GNU), unfortunately, I got the error below:

Code:



root@gpl-vm:/GPL/PX-8778# file PX8778_12_116534.tgz 

PX8778_12_116534.tgz: POSIX tar archive (GNU)

root@gpl-vm:/GPL/PX-8778# file PX8778_12_116534.tgz 

PX8778_12_116534.tgz: POSIX tar archive (GNU)

root@gpl-vm:/GPL/PX-8778# tar xvzf PX8778_12_116534.tgz 



gzip: stdin: not in gzip format

tar: Child returned status 1

tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

root@gpl-vm:/GPL/PX-8778#

what is the problem? is this archive damaged? Can any one give some suggestion? Thanks in advance.

looks like it's not gzip'ed. try it without the 'z' option.

Also try the "file" command

EXAMPLE:
file abc.tgz

EXAMPLE OUTPUT:
abc.tgz: gzip compressed data, deflated, last modified: Mon Nov 26 20:45:24 2012, os: Unix

Quote:

Originally Posted by paulsm4 (Post 4837664)

Also try the "file" command

EXAMPLE:
file abc.tgz

EXAMPLE OUTPUT:
abc.tgz: gzip compressed data, deflated, last modified: Mon Nov 26 20:45:24 2012, os: Unix

chinabenjamin66 did use the file command (see first post) ;) But his/her results are different; it just indicates that it's a tar.

Hi all, it is not gziped, tar xvf works. Thank you all.