[NTLUG:Discuss] Stupid question

[Alton R. Pouncey, II]

On Tue, 2003-05-20 at 17:54, Dennis Myhand wrote:
> I am working on a debian 3.0r1 system and I am trying to unzip a zipped 
> file.  using the command "gunzip" tells me that the file has an unknown 
> suffix and the command quits.  Using the command "unzip" tells me that 
> there is no such command.  "bunzip" gets the same response.  Can someone 
> remind me how to "unzip" a file?  Yes, it is a linux file, and unzip 
> work on my Libranet Debian system, so I am wondering if there is 
> something peculiar to strictly debian systems.  TIA, Dennis in Victoria.
> 
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You can get unzip from ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/

I had to download it when gunzip -S .zip <filename> wouldn't work for me.

Alton Pouncey