GNU bug report logs - #36158
Cannot decompress file

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: Murray John Beard <murrayjohnb <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 16:33:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 36158 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stephen Kitt <steve <at> sk2.org>
To: Murray John Beard <murrayjohnb <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 36158 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36158: Cannot decompress file
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 18:57:27 +0200

Hi,

On Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:30:00 -0600, Murray John Beard <murrayjohnb <at> gmail.com>
wrote:
> When I try running $ gzip -d file.zip I receive the following error: gzip:
> file.zip: unknown suffix -- ignored. The same thing happens when using
> --decompress instead of -d.

gzip -d works with gzip-compressed files, typically with a .gz extension.
For .zip files you need to use unzip or any other ZIP-compatible
decompressor.

Regards,

Stephen
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