Re: Can not gunzip bjam.exe.gz

From: Mike Wilson (mike_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-12 23:13:47

Perfect - thank you.

Mike Wilson

> > In Cygwin (version 2.125.2.10) I've tried to
> >    $ gunzip bjam.exe
> >
> > but get
> >    gunzip: bjam.exe.gz: not in gzip format
> >
> > (downloaded
> > http://boost.sourceforge.net/jam-executables/bin.cygwinx86/bjam.exe.gz
> > which was 143,050 bytes in size (x3 tries) )
> >
> > My WinZip (V8.1) can't read it either.  In fact I can't seem to read
several
> > of the .gz files
> > that can be downloaded (but I did manage the Windows .zip version).
> >
> > Can anybody give me a clue as to what is wrong ?
> >
> >
> > Mike Wilson
> >
> >
>
> 143,050 bytes is the size of the  _unzipped_ bjam.exe. The gzipped file
> is 55693 bytes. If I recall correctly, there are combinations of
> browers/applications/settings etc. that will gunzip automatically, and
> it looks like that is what is happening.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Regards,
>
> Stephen Jackson
> stephen.jackson_at_[hidden]
>
>
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