Re: how do I use gunzip with dd?

[Tom H]

On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 12:50 AM Cameron Simpson  wrote:
> On 21Sep2019 23:24, ToddAndMargo  wrote:
> > On 9/21/19 10:02 PM, Derrik Walker v2.0 wrote:
> > > Try replacing gunzip with zcat.
> >
> > Worked. Thank you!
>
> FFS. The gzip folks are back to this hubris? When it first came out
> they tried to usurp the .Z (compress) file extension unstead of
> using a nonrude '.gz' as they were quickly convinced to.
>
> Please use "gzcat"; "zcat" is for compress/uncompress and if your
> vendor's installing gzcat as zcat they need a fresh complaint.

From "gzip(1)": On some systems, zcat may be installed as gzcat to
preserve the original link to compress.

[ On the BSDs, both are installed as links to gzip ]