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Old 09-18-2013
Unzip not working
Hi,

I am compressing files on my local pc (windows 7) and moving them to a UNIX server.

When I try to unzip file in UNIX server, it says unzip not found.
I googled and tried doing "which unzip". I find that unzip utility is not available.

Please suggest any other alternative. I can use gzip and gunzip (available in our unix server), but I dont know how to compress files in my local pc to allow gunzip. I cannot install any third party GZIP app for that purpose.

Please advice what else I can do.
# 2  
Old 09-18-2013
If you can't install anything on Windows, you should install unzip on UNIX instead.

gzip and gunzip are not zip-clones, their function is rather different, stream compressors rather than an archive format.
# 3  
Old 09-18-2013
The below command worked out well for me. Thank you.

Code:
gunzip -S .zip filename.zip

Last edited by Scott; 09-20-2013 at 03:12 PM.. Reason: Code tags
# 4  
Old 09-18-2013
gunzip is not a zip-clone. They have very different functions.

As a result of this difference, gunzip is only able to extract the first file found in an archive.
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Old 09-20-2013
you need to install zip application.

instead of which unzip, use which zip

Code:
zip -o filename.zip works

Last edited by Scott; 09-20-2013 at 03:12 PM.. Reason: Code tags
 
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