gzip a large file question

[Choi Eun Kyoung]

You can confirm the gzip software version by "gzip -V" command.
# gzip -V
If the gzip version under 1.2.4, It don't support large file. but If the gzip version over 1.2.4A, It can handle large files(over 2GB).
and You can get the newest version from the below site.
http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Gnu/gzip-1.3.3/

[Bruce Duff]

Thanks everyone for your replies. There are two different apporaches to this problem.

However , the real cause I feel was the old version of gzip installed on the server. 1.2.4 which couldnt cope with files > than 2gb. If you go to the hp software archive you can dowload the latest version which copes very well with large files. My export was 3.7gb. This issue has now been resolved.

Thanks for your help again.

All the best
Bruce