cannot extract the raspian pi b tar,gz file (see sticky instructions)

[jbparsons]

Following the sticky instruction, the file extracts to the directory but on extraction the following is reported;

pi@raspberrypi:/usr/bin/asset $ tar -zxvf *.gz

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now


have tried exact file name but same response;

pi@raspberrypi:/usr/bin/asset $ tar -zxvf asset.tar.gz

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

can anyone advise pease?

[Spoon]

What size is the file you have downloaded? have you tried extracting it on the PC?