Re: gzip problem

[Bob Proulx]

address@hidden wrote:
> I have gzip 1.2.4 running on two IBM AIX 4.3.1 servers.  I've got a file
> that was zipped up on system 1 and I am able to unzip it with no problems.
> When I ftp  it to system 2 and try and unzip it I get the following error.  
> 
> # gzip -d AR.gz
>                                     
> gzip: AR.gz: unexpected end of file

The best guess from me is that you ftp'd the file in ascii mode
instead of binary mode.  Checksum the file before and after and you
should find that they are different.

ftp the file again using binary mode and it should be fine.

Bob