Extracting tar.gz

[mickbrush]

is it possible to extract tar.gz files on V.I.X 1.2 when I try using tar -xzvf filename.tar.gz I get this message.


tar: invalid gzip magic

 

[mickbrush]

Im still strugling with this if anyone can help it would be very much apreciated.

 

[sonc]

You should be able to extract it using "gzip -d <file>.tar.gz"

This works on BlacKHole but should also on Vix.

Then use tar to extract the contents "tar -xvf <file>.tar"

 

[mickbrush]

Thanks for the help but same response invalid magic

 

[GiP]

Thanks for the help but same response invalid magic

That usually means that the file is corrupted, or not a "zipped" file, on a standard linux you can use the command "file Filename" to check, but this command is absent in the Vu+ . Try just "tar tvf FileName" to see if it gives the content , sometime people name the file *.tar.gz when it 's not zipped.

G