Repairing a .tar.gz file

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What does 'file' think it is?  Do you know how it was damaged?

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Michael Hipp wrote:
> I have a .tar.gz file that is reporting "not in gzip format". I even
> tried WinZip with similar results.
>
> Anyone know of a tool that would attempt to repair a gzip file and get
> out whatever can be had?
>
> This archive contains some things I really would prefer not to lose.
>
> Michael
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