Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <20000726184246.22678.qmail@web1305.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 11:42:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Terrence Brannon Subject: Re: using bzip on the xfree86 files To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Yes! I did use the Netscape browser to d/l them! Gosh! I didnt think this would (nor should it) make a difference. But I will try for ftp in this proxy-ed up over-protective environment I'm in. --- Earnie Boyd wrote: > --- Terrence Brannon wrote: > > bzip -d filename.tar.bz has always worked for me. > But > > with the xfree86 archives, they have a .bz2 > extension > > but it appears that bzip and bzip2 are the same > > program, sothis should not pose a problem. > > > > However, when I attempt to bunzip the archive I > > receive > > a data integrity error when decompressing. > > > > Could anyone suggest why this might be? > > > > Did you use the Netscape Browser to download this > file? Use ftp instead. > > Cheers, > > ===== > --- > Earnie Boyd: > __Cygwin: POSIX on Windows__ > Cygwin Newbies: > __Minimalist GNU for Windows__ > Mingw32 List: > > Mingw Home: > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from > anywhere! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > -- > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > Send a message to > cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com > ===== Terrence Brannon 90 St. Mark's Place Apt. 2E North Staten Island, NY 10301 914-755-4360 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com