What Could Be the Reason for the error?
This error generally occurs when the user has created a simple tar file using the options(-cvpf), where
- c: create a new archive
- v: verbose
- p: extract information about file permissions (default superuser)
- f: use archive file
but at the time of extraction, a user tries to extract the file as a gzip file type using the options (-xzpf), where
- x: extract the file from the archive
- z: zgip file type
- p: extract information about file permissions (default superuser)
- f: use archive file
Difference between Tar, Zip, and Gz
Basis | Tar | Zip | Gz |
---|---|---|---|
Definition | Tar is a utility which was designed to combine the multiple files into single file. | Zip is a utility that came in MS-DOS which is used for file compression. | Gz is a file extension that is used with gzip archive file. |
Space efficiency | It takes highest number of memory space. | It takes sometime highest or moderate number of memory space. | It takes least number of memory space. |
Operating System supported | Unix and Linux operating system | Unix, Linux, Windows, Macintosh, Minix, Atari, Amiga, VMS, MS-DOS etc. | Unix and Linux operating system. |
How to Solve gzip: stdin: Not in gzip Format Error
In this article, we will discuss the solution for the error gzip: stdin: not in gzip format and what is the reason behind this error.