Date: 24 Jan 2006 12:30:01 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: synack@netspace.net.au Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gunzip : invalid compressed data Message-ID: <44wtgpwn3a.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20060124095259.B1D3E4B51F@mail.netspace.net.au> References: <20060124095259.B1D3E4B51F@mail.netspace.net.au>
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synack@netspace.net.au writes: > I have recently downloaded a .tgz file to an m.s XP machine then ftp'd it to my BSD laptop. When I try to open the file with tar or gunzip, I get the following; > file.tgz : invalid compressed data--format violated. Is this due to the file being transfered from a NTFS? Pls cc me if you can help One way or another, the file got corrupted. It won't have anything to do with having been on NTFS for part of its life; much more likely it got corrupted in one of the network transfers (e.g., FTP in "text" mode).
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