David, Use the "file" command to find out what the file-format is. Probably it is just a tar-file! Thanks Ram
David Lanier wrote: > This is my first post to this list, so I hope it goes right. :) > > I want to use PHP's mcrypt functions. The snag I've run in to is that the > archive file I've downloaded doesn't appear to be in gzip format, even > though it ends with .tar.gz. I've downloaded from a couple of different > locations, so I think that the file is OK. > > The file I've downloaded is libmcrypt-2.5.7.tar.gz. > Here are the commands I've tried: > > gzip -cd libmcrypt-2.5.7.tar.gz | tar xvf - > which gives me this: > gzip: libmcrypt-2.5.7.tar.gz: not in gzip format > > tar -pxzf libmcrypt-2.5.7.tar.gz > which gives me this: > gzip: stdin: not in gzip format > tar: Child returned status 1 > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > > tar zxvf libmcrypt-2.5.7.tar.gz > which gives me this: > gzip: stdin: not in gzip format > tar: Child returned status 1 > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors > > I've downloaded from a couple of sourceforge mirrors. I didn't have any > luck downloading from mcrypt.hellug.gr. I couldn't find any documentation > on the sourceforge site http://sourceforge.net/projects/mcrypt/ > > Is there a particular FTP or HTTP site I should use to download the mcrypt > libraries, and use for reference? > > Is there a different untar/unzip command I should use? > > Possibly the best question to ask is, is there a different > encryption/decryption package I should be using? > > My overall goal is to store some user data in an encrypted format in a MySQL > database, and retrieve it and decrypt it as needed. > > Thanks for any help! > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
