Inventory files, called NDI files, are generated by the FlexNet inventory agent. While NDI files are in XML format, they’re sometimes compressed into GZ files to save on network bandwidth. GZ files are compressed archives created using the standard gzip (GNU zip) compression algorithm. You can read an NDI file by extracting the GZ file and opening it with a text editor.
- Right-click on the NDI file.
- Extract the file contents. In the example below, 7-Zip is used to unarchive the GZ inventory file.
- Open the file with a text editor like Notepad++.