gzip 26GB file failed

[Lynn Hsu_2]

My system is a rp5470/L3000 with HP-UX 11.11. /backup filesystem is getting full and I'd like to compress all the files. These files are Progress Database on-line backup files. They go to tape at night. Can you tell
why this failed? Is it something to do with large file size?

> gzip -c db1.backup (db1.backup=26GB)
gzip: Unknown error
> gzip -c db1.backup > /store/db1.backup
gzip: Unknown error

Any input would be appreciated.

Lynn

[Arunvijai_4 · Accepted solution]

Hi Lynn,

Try to use gzip from HPUX porting center,

http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Gnu/gzip-1.3.5/

-Arun

[spex]

Hi Lynn,

Older version of gzip had a 4 GiB limitation. You need to use a patched 1.2.4 or 1.3.1+.

# gzip -V

to get version number.

PCS

[IT_2007]

I think when you compress you putting gzipped file on the same file system which doesn't have space?

How much space do you have on the filesystem /store?

[KapilRaj]

Check ulimit for the user as well.

[Lynn Hsu_2]

Thanks everyone. gzip 1.3.5 worked!

Lynn