I was unable to reproduce this on trusty. Both the original archive and the parts that had been uncompressed thus far were preserved here.
What release are you on and what version of pigz are you using? ** Changed in: pigz (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1427621 Title: SIGINT while decompressing erases both original and partial decompressed file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pigz/+bug/1427621/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs