decompressing .ps.gz not possible

rohr · 04-06-2005, 11:56 AM

hello, i have downloaded a file whose format is .ps.gz
yet, if i try to decompress it via the command:

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gunzip filename.ps.gz

i get the following:

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gunzip: /filename.ps.gz: not in gzip format

if i try to gather information about the file i get

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file filename.ps.gz
/buczak98.ps.gz: PostScript document text conforming at level 3.0

so what is the format of the file?
how can i decompress it?

Thans you!

jkobrien · 04-06-2005, 12:19 PM

Maybe it's not compressed and just picked up the suffix ".gz" from somewhere. Have you tried to read it with a postscript viewer?

Otherwise you could try the -f option to force decompression

gunzip -f filename.ps.gz

John

rohr · 04-11-2005, 05:11 AM

thanks it works now!

Bye