GNU bug report logs - #46730
man page says program can deal with .zip

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 00:21:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 46730 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#46730: man page says program can deal with .zip
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 17:35:11 -0800

On 2/23/21 2:45 AM, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
>         To  extract  a zip file with a single member, use a command like gunzip
>         <foo.zip or gunzip -S .zip foo.zip....

> $ touch /tmp/e.zip
> $ gunzip /tmp/e.zip
> gzip: /tmp/e.zip: unknown suffix -- ignored

You didn't follow the instructions that you quoted.
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