Unarchiving problem

Beans_On

Hi all.
Im new to Mac and have a problem i cant seem to find a solution to.

I downloaded quite a large file (1.75 gig) and cant seem to unarchve it.

Its in .tgz format and when i unarchive it ,it looks to be unpacking it (takes about 2 minutes and the toolbar goes to 100%) but it just seems to replicates the file.it s still in .tgz format.
Ive tried different applications aswell (stuffexpander and rar). im using osx leopard.

Any ideas?

Thanks for your time

ZENER

A .tgz file is a TAR - taper archive - that has been zipped. Other common extensions are .tar.gz. I have unarchived these files in the past with stuffit but not files that big.
Try downloading MacGzip and see if that works. If not it might be a corrupt file.

ZEN

Nature Boy

I usually use "The Unarchiver" http://versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/30810 it's pretty good, see if that works

440Hz

+1 for StuffIt. I use the pay version, and have used it for files this large with perfectably acceptable results.

babypink

440Hz wrote: »

+1 for StuffIt. I use the pay version, and have used it for files this large with perfectably acceptable results.

ditto!!

Red Alert

Does the following not work in a terminal window:

tar -xf filename.tgz

?

440Hz

Red Alert wrote: »

Does the following not work in a terminal window:

tar -xf filename.tgz

?

Im sure it does, but seeing as the OP mentioned being new to Mac, it seemed easier to suggest GUI's rather than cmds. But if they are au fait then, yeah, helpful and easiest solution.

Beans_On

Cheers folks.
yeah have tried all the above so i can only presume its a corrupt file.
just weird the way it looks as if it has unarchived it fully but all it does is copy it.

ZENER

Does the copies icon differ from the originals ? What about the resultant file size of the "unarchived" file ? Have you tried double clicking on the new file ? What happens ? Sometimes a file may appear on the desktop as file.name.ext whereas it's real name is file.name.ext.ext2 - the last extension being hidden. Do a Get Info on the original file and the unarchived file and see if there is any difference.

ZEN

Beans_On

Yeah its the same size and filename , but with 2 (e.g filename.tgz -> unarchiving->filename 2.tgz).

Even more strange when i click on the filename 2.tgz it starts to archive it again!

Cheers anyway.