Alternative Location of Gzip's fixgz Utility
In case you can no longer find fixgz on gzip.org's website, here is a link to a version available on archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20180624175352/http://www.gzip.org/fixgz.zip.
Source Code for fixgz Utility
Also, in case that disappears as well, below is the source code for the fixgz utility:
/* fixgz attempts to fix a binary file transferred in ascii mode by
* removing each extra CR when it followed by LF.
* usage: fixgz bad.gz fixed.gz
* Copyright 1998 Jean-loup Gailly <[email protected]>
* This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
* warranty. In no event will the author be held liable for any damages
* arising from the use of this software.
* Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
* including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
* freely.
*/
#include <stdio.h>
int main(argc, argv)
int argc;
char **argv;
{
int c1, c2; /* input bytes */
FILE *in; /* corrupted input file */
FILE *out; /* fixed output file */
if (argc <= 2) {
fprintf(stderr, "usage: fixgz bad.gz fixed.gz\n");
exit(1);
}
in = fopen(argv[1], "rb");
if (in == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "fixgz: cannot open %s\n", argv[1]);
exit(1);
}
out = fopen(argv[2], "wb");
if (in == NULL) {
fprintf(stderr, "fixgz: cannot create %s\n", argv[2]);
exit(1);
}
c1 = fgetc(in);
while ((c2 = fgetc(in)) != EOF) {
if (c1 != '\r' || c2 != '\n') {
fputc(c1, out);
}
c1 = c2;
}
if (c1 != EOF) {
fputc(c1, out);
}
exit(0);
return 0; /* avoid warning */
}
