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Re: Error unzipping binaries
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Larry Jones |
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Re: Error unzipping binaries |
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Wed, 25 Apr 2001 19:09:50 -0400 (EDT) |
Prashant Rane writes:
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> I am getting error unzipping the binaries from ftp.cvshome.org
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> $ ls -l
> total 2736
> -rw-r--r-- 1 prrane dba 1389136 Apr 25 16:08 cvs.SUN.gz
> $ gzip -d cvs.*.gz
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> gzip: cvs.SUN.gz: not in gzip format
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> The downloaded size is larger than the ftp index page says.
Your browser helpfully unzipped it for you while it was downloading but
neglected to remove the .gz suffix. Just rename it to "cvs" and make it
executable (chmod +x).
-Larry Jones
The authorities are trying to silence any view contrary to their own!
-- Calvin