How to open .gz Raw Access Files

**Drunkencelt** · #1 (**permalink**) 03-01-2009, 16:08

Hi,

Having trouble opening .gz files I download from Cpanel containing the raw log data. I use 7-zip to open .gz files I get from other sites but for some reason I cannot open the ones downloaded from Cpanel.

Any suggestions anyone please? Any other free unzipping applications I can try?

Cheers

**WelshTom** · #2 (**permalink**) 03-01-2009, 16:08

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Originally Posted by Drunkencelt

Hi,

Having trouble opening .gz files I download from Cpanel containing the raw log data. I use 7-zip to open .gz files I get from other sites but for some reason I cannot open the ones downloaded from Cpanel.

Any suggestions anyone please? Any other free unzipping applications I can try?

Cheers

7z should work fine. Any errors?

**Drunkencelt** · #3 (**permalink**) 03-01-2009, 17:00

Hi Tom,

All I get is 'Can not open file 'bla...bla...bla...which is the path where it is/thecarpentersarms.biz' as archive. 'thecarpentersarms.biz' is the file name taken from the site url.

I've tried another one of my sites logs and get the same result. Strange.

Thanks

**Drunkencelt** · #4 (**permalink**) 03-01-2009, 17:19

And I've just downloaded another .gz file from another site altogether and managed to open it ok.

Very strange behaviour.

Rock · #5 (**permalink**) 03-01-2009, 22:16

Did you try WinRAR yet? It's good as well for handling multiple compressed file formats.. If the files aren't downloaded completely or they are corrupt, then any archive manager would face problems opening it. Maybe you can try re-downloading the file again from the original location..

Daniel · #6 (**permalink**) 03-01-2009, 22:36

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Originally Posted by Rock

Did you try WinRAR yet? It's good as well for handling multiple compressed file formats.. If the files aren't downloaded completely or they are corrupt, then any archive manager would face problems opening it. Maybe you can try re-downloading the file again from the original location..

I was just about to suggest Winrar, I use this to open such file formats

**WelshTom** · #7 (**permalink**) 04-01-2009, 14:39

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Originally Posted by Daniel

I was just about to suggest Winrar, I use this to open such file formats

WinRar is possibly the most disgusting file extractors ever created

Daniel · #8 (**permalink**) 04-01-2009, 15:47

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Originally Posted by WelshTom

WinRar is possibly the most disgusting file extractors ever created

In your opinion

**Drunkencelt** · #9 (**permalink**) 04-01-2009, 16:44

Right,

Am I doing something wrong here?

I've just downloaded Winzip and installed it. Winzip recognises the .gz file and appears to unpack it. Unfortunately the file it unpacks is not recognised, the same response as 7-zip. However, I can open it as a text file and read the contents.

Still can't open the original file I downloaded or a re-download of that. Very funny goings on. Will see where I go with it.

Thanks for the help everyone. If I sus it properly I'll report back.

Cheers

**Site** · #10 (**permalink**) 04-01-2009, 19:39

I also advise Winrar

I use this to open cPanel backup files

Rock · #11 (**permalink**) 04-01-2009, 22:23

I never have faced any problems with WinRAR... it's really good

**Danny M** · #12 (**permalink**) 05-01-2009, 04:59

BitZipper is also a very good option to open compressed files and folders. It is very user friendly.BitZipper acts as an archive manager and allows you to open not only Zip files but it also allows you to open 19 other popular compressed and encoded file formats.

**Ryan** · #13 (**permalink**) 05-01-2009, 16:03

I would also recommend Winrar.