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Why can tgz be opened on Linux box but not on Windows?

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I've received a Tar/GZipped file that was created on an embedded Linux device.

The file can be extracted perfectly fine on a Linux desktop if I run something like tar zxf myFile.tgz. The file extracts to something like

dir1/

  file1

  file2

dir2/

  file1

  file2

  subdir1/

    file1

...but I suspect the specific file content and layout are irrelevant.

When I try to extract this same file in Windows (using either 7-Zip or WinZip), I get:

  myFile/

    <extensionless file with temp-looking name e.g. "logs_xqUt09">

It's probably relevant that that top-level directory happens to be named "myFile" when the .tgz I received is itself named myFile.tgz...but I don't know with certainty that it's anything more than coincidental.

I browsed SuperUser a bit, and found a few related issues, one of which suggested that 7-Zip handles .tgz files better than WinZip, but apparently not in this situation.

Does anyone know what gives? Why would a .tgz be fully extractable under Linux but not Windows? What workarounds might there be?

If I rename that extensionless file to a .tar file, then that .tar file is extractable with 7-Zip and/or WinZip.

I'd still like to understand what's going on, and if there's a workaround that doesn't involve that manual filee renaming, because ideally the original .tgz file delivered by the embedded device should be extractable under Linux and Windows.

windows-7 linux windows zip tar

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  There is WSL and Starting with version 1803, Windows 10 is adding native support for tar
  
  – LotPings
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

0

I've received a Tar/GZipped file that was created on an embedded Linux device.

The file can be extracted perfectly fine on a Linux desktop if I run something like tar zxf myFile.tgz. The file extracts to something like

dir1/

  file1

  file2

dir2/

  file1

  file2

  subdir1/

    file1

...but I suspect the specific file content and layout are irrelevant.

When I try to extract this same file in Windows (using either 7-Zip or WinZip), I get:

  myFile/

    <extensionless file with temp-looking name e.g. "logs_xqUt09">

It's probably relevant that that top-level directory happens to be named "myFile" when the .tgz I received is itself named myFile.tgz...but I don't know with certainty that it's anything more than coincidental.

I browsed SuperUser a bit, and found a few related issues, one of which suggested that 7-Zip handles .tgz files better than WinZip, but apparently not in this situation.

Does anyone know what gives? Why would a .tgz be fully extractable under Linux but not Windows? What workarounds might there be?

If I rename that extensionless file to a .tar file, then that .tar file is extractable with 7-Zip and/or WinZip.

I'd still like to understand what's going on, and if there's a workaround that doesn't involve that manual filee renaming, because ideally the original .tgz file delivered by the embedded device should be extractable under Linux and Windows.

windows-7 linux windows zip tar

share|improve this question

edited 2 hours ago

JakeGould

32.6k10100142

asked 2 hours ago

StoneThrowStoneThrow

168210

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  There is WSL and Starting with version 1803, Windows 10 is adding native support for tar
  
  – LotPings
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

I've received a Tar/GZipped file that was created on an embedded Linux device.

The file can be extracted perfectly fine on a Linux desktop if I run something like tar zxf myFile.tgz. The file extracts to something like

dir1/

  file1

  file2

dir2/

  file1

  file2

  subdir1/

    file1

...but I suspect the specific file content and layout are irrelevant.

When I try to extract this same file in Windows (using either 7-Zip or WinZip), I get:

  myFile/

    <extensionless file with temp-looking name e.g. "logs_xqUt09">

It's probably relevant that that top-level directory happens to be named "myFile" when the .tgz I received is itself named myFile.tgz...but I don't know with certainty that it's anything more than coincidental.

I browsed SuperUser a bit, and found a few related issues, one of which suggested that 7-Zip handles .tgz files better than WinZip, but apparently not in this situation.

Does anyone know what gives? Why would a .tgz be fully extractable under Linux but not Windows? What workarounds might there be?

If I rename that extensionless file to a .tar file, then that .tar file is extractable with 7-Zip and/or WinZip.

I'd still like to understand what's going on, and if there's a workaround that doesn't involve that manual filee renaming, because ideally the original .tgz file delivered by the embedded device should be extractable under Linux and Windows.

windows-7 linux windows zip tar

share|improve this question

edited 2 hours ago

JakeGould

32.6k10100142

asked 2 hours ago

StoneThrowStoneThrow

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dir1/

  file1

  file2

dir2/

  file1

  file2

  subdir1/

    file1

  myFile/

    <extensionless file with temp-looking name e.g. "logs_xqUt09">

share|improve this question

edited 2 hours ago

JakeGould

32.6k10100142

asked 2 hours ago

StoneThrowStoneThrow

168210

share|improve this question

edited 2 hours ago

JakeGould

32.6k10100142

asked 2 hours ago

StoneThrowStoneThrow

168210

edited 2 hours ago

JakeGould

32.6k10100142

edited 2 hours ago

JakeGould

32.6k10100142

asked 2 hours ago

StoneThrowStoneThrow

168210

asked 2 hours ago

StoneThrowStoneThrow

168210