Try using 
/usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_zcat 

(it's there on debian, but might be elsewhere on other distros)

M.

On Monday 13 September 2010 17:32:06 Mike Bydalek wrote:
> zcat <file> or you can gunzip <file>
> 
> Regards,
> Mike
> 
> On Sep 13, 2010, at 1:20 AM, IvyAlice <backuppc-forum AT backupcentral DOT 
> com> 
wrote:
> > Hello everybody,
> > 
> > I got some problems with backuppc and I want to read the XferLOG.z file.
> > I can't read it either with vim or nano and I can't extract the file
> > with uncompress, gunzi,zcat or tar (it tells it's not a tar file)
> > 
> > I search on google and on this forum but I didn't find the solution.
> > 
> > Do you know how can I read those log files ?
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > Ivy
> > 
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