bug#32865: Running gzip on Windows 64-bit

2018-09-28 Thread Stephen Kitt
On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 10:44:29 -0700, Jeffrey Klakovich wrote: > I'm getting this error. > > [image: Capture.PNG] > > Is there a workaround for my version of Windows 10? You need to use a version of gzip for Windows rather than for DOS. GnuWin32 has an older version: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.n

bug#32903: [PATCH] Display uncompressed size when testing

2018-10-01 Thread Stephen Kitt
Alongside the OK message, print the real size in bytes; this provides a way to view the stored file's size when it's larger than 4GiB. Signed-off-by: Stephen Kitt --- gzip.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/gzip.c b/gzip.c index e6a7761..4104

bug#32903: [PATCH] Display uncompressed size when testing

2018-11-04 Thread Stephen Kitt
Hi Sergey, On Sun, 4 Nov 2018 14:49:50 +0200, Sergey Ponomarev wrote: > > Alongside the OK message, print the real size in bytes; this provides > a way to view the stored file's size when it's larger than 4GiB. > > You can get a real size by `gzip --list` command. Why to show the size in > `gz

bug#32903: [PATCH] Display uncompressed size when testing

2018-12-24 Thread Stephen Kitt
uot;OK xxx bytes" but went with the latter in the end). Regards, Stephen Display uncompressed size when testing Alongside the OK message, print the real size in bytes; this provides a way to view the stored file's size when it's larger than 4GiB. Signed

bug#36158: Cannot decompress file

2019-06-10 Thread Stephen Kitt
Hi, On Mon, 10 Jun 2019 10:30:00 -0600, Murray John Beard wrote: > When I try running $ gzip -d file.zip I receive the following error: gzip: > file.zip: unknown suffix -- ignored. The same thing happens when using > --decompress instead of -d. gzip -d works with gzip-compressed files, typically

bug#42965: Wrong uncompressed size with option --list

2020-08-21 Thread Stephen Kitt
Hi Juan, Le 21/08/2020 10:24, Juan Diaz a écrit : I've seen that with large sized files (14G in this case) when I use the "list" option I get wrong uncompressed size and the ratio, of course, is wrong. I've tested it with versions 1.10 (last just compiled) and 1.5 (system version). This is a k

bug#49952: new snapshot available: gzip-1.10.34-aa73

2021-08-09 Thread Stephen Kitt
Hi, Le 09/08/2021 07:37, Jim Meyering a écrit : NEWS (below) is nearly empty, but it's been more than 2.5 years since the last release, so I am now preparing to make a new one. Any testing would be most welcome. If anyone has pending changes, please speak soon. I aim to release in just a few

bug#51921: Anything like ztail

2021-11-17 Thread Stephen Kitt
On Wed, 17 Nov 2021 12:33:33 -0800, Paul Eggert wrote: > On 11/17/21 05:08, Peng Yu wrote: > > Is there a way to make ztail more efficient? > > Not in general, no. The compressed file can't be decompressed from > random locations. > > There might be some options for doing what you're suggesti