From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 19 16:02:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA06276 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 19 Dec 1998 16:02:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA06262 for ; Sat, 19 Dec 1998 16:02:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id KAA22557; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 10:32:23 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id KAA26513; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 10:32:23 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981220103222.R24125@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 10:32:22 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: "James A. Taylor" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Extracting WordPerfect? References: <367BDE43.6581392D@lundahl.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <367BDE43.6581392D@lundahl.com>; from James A. Taylor on Sat, Dec 19, 1998 at 10:11:31AM -0700 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Saturday, 19 December 1998 at 10:11:31 -0700, James A. Taylor wrote: > When I downloaded WordPerfect I got the file GUILG00.GZ. > This seems like a funny name for the WordPerfect > archive is it the same file everybody else downloaded. Yes, they don't seem to have understood UNIX conventions. But that doesn't matter. > The reason I ask is because when I run gzip to extract > the files I get an error that the file is not a GZIP > file. You probably ftp'd it in ASCII mode. Never do that. The standard tool automatically sets binary mode. > Is gzip the correct utility to extract WordPerfect? No, despite what they say in Readme. > If so what options to I need? > > If not what utility should I use? cd /var/tmp tar xzvf /GUILG00.GZ Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message