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paul-new

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Dec 4, 2002, 4:35:35 PM12/4/02
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hi i am trying to uncompress a zip file on my RH8.0

i tried zcat, gunzip, gzip -d --- the errors see below

how do i unzip the zip file (this is a winzip file from my windows me) ?

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[root@comp1 html]# gzip -l phpBB.gz
compressed uncompressed ratio uncompressed_name
619547 -1 0.0% phpBB

[root@comp1 html]# gzip -d -S "" *.zip
gzip: phpBB.zip: cannot decompress onto itself
[root@comp1 html]# gzip -d -S "zip" phpBB.zip
gzip: phpBB.zip has more than one entry -- unchanged
[root@comp1 html]# gzip -d phpBB.zip
gzip: phpBB.zip: unknown suffix -- ignored
[root@comp1 html]# mv phpBB.zip phpBB.gz
[root@comp1 html]# gzip -d phpBB.gz
gzip: phpBB.gz has more than one entry -- unchanged

Erik Max Francis

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Dec 4, 2002, 12:51:38 AM12/4/02
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paul-new wrote:

> hi i am trying to uncompress a zip file on my RH8.0
>
> i tried zcat, gunzip, gzip -d --- the errors see below
>
> how do i unzip the zip file (this is a winzip file from my windows me)

gzip and zip are not the same things. Use unzip (probably included in
your distribution), not gunzip/gzip -d.

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fast

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Dec 4, 2002, 1:37:16 AM12/4/02
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Erik Max Francis wrote:

> paul-new wrote:
>
>> hi i am trying to uncompress a zip file on my RH8.0
>>
>> i tried zcat, gunzip, gzip -d --- the errors see below
>>
>> how do i unzip the zip file (this is a winzip file from my windows me)
>
> gzip and zip are not the same things. Use unzip (probably included in
> your distribution), not gunzip/gzip -d.
>

"gnozip" also works well if running Gnome
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Paul Colquhoun

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Dec 4, 2002, 2:11:25 AM12/4/02
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Have you tried "unzip phpBB.zip" ?


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John Winters

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Dec 4, 2002, 8:17:37 AM12/4/02
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The session log above is inconsistent. You seem to start with a file
called phpBB.gz and then it changes name and you change it back again.

You say that you're trying to unzip a .zip file and yet the file you
have has a .gz extension (and gzip seems to recognize it).

Have you tried a simple

gunzip phpBB.gz

If it is in fact a .zip file and has been named wrongly then rename
it as phpBB.zip and use:

unzip phpBB.zip

HTH
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