gzip+tar+rpm problem

[Stelios Bounanos]

In message <9apvg8$1dv9$1 at ulysses.noc.ntua.gr>,
    SmokE^ <intelliboy21 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> geia xara!
> otan prospathw na aposympiesw kati me to gzip -d arxeio.gz
> leei: arxeio.gz is not a valid gz file, i kati tetoio,,
> to idio me to tar -xvf arxeio.tar

Trekse thn file(1) panw sta arxeia, isws na mhn einai ayto poy to "extension"
se kanei na nomizeis. Moy myrizei braindead browser poy allazei onomata
sta arxeia poy katebazeis. Sthn periptwsh poy xrhsimopoieis ftp client,
elpizw na mhn ton bazeis se ascii mode...

> Kai otan trexw ena rpm arxeio, kolaei.
> exw katebazei tis trexouses ekdoseis rpm kai gzip alla den mporw
> na tis egatasthsw giati exw ayto to problhma.
> thanx,
> dimitris
> dimostam at groovy.gr
> 

Rgds,
/-sb.

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