LINUX: Decompression problem Tar:child returned status

When extracting a file

#tar-ZXVF xxxxx.tar.gz

The following error message appears:

Gzip:stdin:not in gzip format
Tar:child returned status 1
Tar:error exit delayed from previous errors

You used ' TAR-ZXVF ' for the second command. The ' z ' option tells Tar to use gzip to uncompress the file. Since you already uncompressed it in the first command, Gzip doesn ' t know-what-does with it, and it consequently croaks. Tar stops because Gzip encountered a problem. So, with the file and now, your would extract it with:
TAR-XVF Xxxxxx.x.x.tar

I would go back and re-gzip the tar file though (to save space):
Gzip Xxxxxx.x.x.tar

TAR-ZXVF xxxxxx.x.x.tar.gz

To find out what he means, look at the use of the tar instructions.

In short: When I came up with this error, I changed the instruction to:

TAR-XVF xxxx.tar.gz

Then the command runs.

If this method doesn't work, you can only think of another way.

LINUX: Decompression problem Tar:child returned status