GNU bug report logs - #36158
Cannot decompress file

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: Murray John Beard <murrayjohnb <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 16:33:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

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Report forwarded to bug-gzip <at> gnu.org:
bug#36158; Package gzip. (Mon, 10 Jun 2019 16:33:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Acknowledgement sent to Murray John Beard <murrayjohnb <at> gmail.com>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to bug-gzip <at> gnu.org. (Mon, 10 Jun 2019 16:33:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Murray John Beard <murrayjohnb <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gzip <at> gnu.org
Subject: Cannot decompress file
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:30:00 -0600
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When I try running $ gzip -d file.zip I receive the following error: gzip:
file.zip: unknown suffix -- ignored. The same thing happens when using
--decompress instead of -d.

Thanks,
SirFireball3521
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Information forwarded to bug-gzip <at> gnu.org:
bug#36158; Package gzip. (Mon, 10 Jun 2019 16:58:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #8 received at 36158 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stephen Kitt <steve <at> sk2.org>
To: Murray John Beard <murrayjohnb <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 36158 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36158: Cannot decompress file
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 18:57:27 +0200
Hi,

On Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:30:00 -0600, Murray John Beard <murrayjohnb <at> gmail.com>
wrote:
> When I try running $ gzip -d file.zip I receive the following error: gzip:
> file.zip: unknown suffix -- ignored. The same thing happens when using
> --decompress instead of -d.

gzip -d works with gzip-compressed files, typically with a .gz extension.
For .zip files you need to use unzip or any other ZIP-compatible
decompressor.

Regards,

Stephen




bug closed, send any further explanations to 36158 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Murray John Beard <murrayjohnb <at> gmail.com> Request was from Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 29 Mar 2022 23:52:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 27 Apr 2022 11:24:10 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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