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Re: gunzipping problem


From: Bob Proulx
Subject: Re: gunzipping problem
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 23:00:47 -0600

> I have a problem unzipping a file using "gunzip". It was zipped using the
> "gzip" program. The file size was slightly more than 14 GB. We get the
> following outputs...
> 
> #gunzip -v File.DMP.gz
> File.DMP.gz:
> gunzip: File.DMP.gz: invalid compressed data--length error
> 
> #gzip -V
> gzip 1.2.4 (18 Aug 93)

Although not considered an official release the later versions
gzip-1.3.* from ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/ are generally superior
for handling large files.

Bob



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