Error (bug) in gunzip

[Jan_Krimp]

Hi,

I want to use gunzip on linux to "uncompress" a winzip file

The size of the zipped file is around 13GB, while the actual filesize id
around 53GB.

This is whats happening. (I checked on the web and found similar errors,
but no solutions)

In the meantime we us Putty's pscp.

Hope this will be fixed one day.

5439502 drwxr-xr-x   22 sybase   root         4096 Aug 27 08:47 ..
23019540 -rw-r--r--    1 root     root     13745823481 Aug 28 17:00
Lifetrack01.zip
23019539 drwxr-xr-x    2 sybase   root         4096 Aug 29 13:31 .
address@hidden jk]# gunzip
gunzip: compressed data not read from a terminal. Use -f to force
decompression.
For help, type: gunzip -h
address@hidden jk]# gunzip -h
gunzip 1.3.3
(2002-03-08)
usage: gunzip [-cdfhlLnNrtvV19] [-S suffix] [file ...]
 -c --stdout      write on standard output, keep original files unchanged
 -d --decompress  decompress
 -f --force       force overwrite of output file and compress links
 -h --help        give this help
 -l --list        list compressed file contents
 -L --license     display software license
 -n --no-name     do not save or restore the original name and time stamp
 -N --name        save or restore the original name and time stamp
 -q --quiet       suppress all warnings
 -r --recursive   operate recursively on directories
 -S .suf  --suffix .suf     use suffix .suf on compressed files
 -t --test        test compressed file integrity
 -v --verbose     verbose mode
 -V --version     display version number
 -1 --fast        compress faster
 -9 --best        compress better
    --rsyncable   Make rsync-friendly archive
 file...          files to (de)compress. If none given, use standard input.
Report bugs to <address@hidden>.
address@hidden jk]# ls
Lifetrack01.zip
address@hidden jk]# gunzip -t -S .zip Lifetrack01

gunzip: Lifetrack01.zip: invalid compressed data--length error
address@hidden jk]#

address@hidden jk]# uname -a
Linux wlgtmdev03.nz.afs.oneamp.net 2.4.21-47.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Jul 5
20:38:41 EDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
address@hidden jk]#

Regards

Jan Krimp
DBA

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