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Old 09-29-2005
HELP! Accidentally downloaded .gz file non-binary
Let me start by saying I am at a VERY beginner level in terms of UNIX/FTP/etc.

Someone loaded a file onto a server for me and zipped it using gzip.

I accidentally downloaded the file without using "binary".

I now have a "filename.txt.gz" sitting on my computer that I need
to unzip. Is there a way of getting around having to re-download the file
using binary by doing something with winzip or am I just plum out of luck?

Thanks
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Old 09-30-2005
MySQL
Welcome to unix.com

Did you try to unzip the file using winzip? what error you got?
CRC error?
To my knowledge you should download the file again using binary option.
Make it a habbit of downloading file using binary by default. i.e even if you download a ascii file as binary it will work fine, while vice versa is not true always.

rishi
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Old 09-30-2005
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Originally Posted by UDcc123
Is there a way of getting around having to re-download the file using binary by doing something with winzip or am I just plum out of luck?
Plum out I'm afraid. There is nothing in winzip to help correct this. Your only remote hope is to upload it again in text mode and hope the you didn't have any binary 0x0a characters without 0x0d characters. Since you're faced with this prospect, download again using binary mode.

Winzip expects the file to pass the CRC checks.
 
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