gunzip gives unexpected error (RH8.0)

robw · 09-08-2003, 03:58 PM

gunzip reports this error on Red Hat 8.0:

[rob@localhost temp]$ gunzip Unicode-String-2.07.tar.gz

gunzip: Unicode-String-2.07.tar.gz: not in gzip format

However the target file does *not* have an error!
It comes from CPAN; I managed to extract it just fine using a machine running Debian.

Any help would be appreciated.
Rob

andrewlkho · 09-08-2003, 04:05 PM

What is the output of file?:
# file Unicode-String-2.7.tar.gz
or whatever.

robw · 09-08-2003, 05:08 PM

file gives:

[rob@localhost temp]$ file Unicode-String-2.07.tar.gz
Unicode-String-2.07.tar.gz: ASCII text, with no line terminators

Rob