A dumb question on gunzip

[Jude DaShiell]

Is there a .tar.gz extension on that file?  If so, tar xzpvf file 
<enter> should do it.
On Sat, 13 Aug 2016, John J. Boyer wrote:

> Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2016 20:40:25
> From: John J. Boyer <john.boyer at abilitiessoft.org>
> Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: blinux-list at redhat.com
> Subject: A dumb question on gunzip
> 
> I'm trying to unzip the Cygwin User Guide located at the link "One large
> compressed html file". However, when I download the file and type
> gunzip filename
> I get garbage. The man page doesn't enlighten me. So please answer this
> dumb question: how do i get a good html file?
>
> Thanks,
>
>

--