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Old 11-26-2012, 09:54 PM   #1
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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.
 
Old 11-26-2012, 10:23 PM   #2
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looks like it's not gzip'ed. try it without the 'z' option.
 
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Old 11-26-2012, 10:46 PM   #3
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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
 
Old 11-26-2012, 11:42 PM   #4
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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.
 
Old 11-27-2012, 12:08 AM   #5
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Hi all, it is not gziped, tar xvf works. Thank you all.
 
  


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