gzip fail

[???_185]

I tried command.
[ch2:/devhosp]gzip test_tar.tar
test_tar.tar: Value too large to be stored in data type
#fsadm -F vxfs /devhosp
largefiles
what happens?

[???_185]

the size is 6G

[Adisuria Wangsadinata_1]

Hi,

Did you try to extract the file by using 'tar' command :

# /usr/bin/tar xvf test_tar.tar

Hope this information can help you.

Cheers,
AW

[Denver Osborn]

You didnt mention what rev of gzip you are using. older revs would limit you to 2GB... You should probably look at getting a newer rev of gzip.


-denver

[Adisuria Wangsadinata_1]

Hi,

Check the gzip version :

# gzip -V

Largefiles is supported starting with public doman gzip version 1.3.1 and above.

The latest version can be found at 'The HP-UX Porting and Archive Centre' at this url below :

http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Gnu/gzip-1.3.5/

Hope this information can help you.

Cheers,
AW

[???_185]

I installed 1.3.5 version.But the system recognize as 1.2.4 version.
So, I edited files.
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/opt/xppa:$PATH ->.profile
/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin: -> /etc/PATH

and, what is opt/xppa in profile?

[Adisuria Wangsadinata_1 · Accepted solution]

Hi

You can try first to run the gzip with full path (just to make sure that you using gzip v.1.3.5).

Use 'whereis' command to get the gzip v.1.3.5 :

# whereis gzip

And run gzip with full path & option '-V' to get the correct one (if you have more than 1 gzip in your system) :

# full_path_gzip -V

After that extract test_tar.tar file with gzip v.1.3.5 :

# full_path_gzip_v.1.3.5 test_tar.tar

FYI, xppa is a part of performance advisor (OpenView's product).

Hope this information can help.

Cheers,
AW

[Vibhor Kumar Agarwal]

Recently i also got stuck with the above problem:

Use the following:

dd if=input_filename bs=1024k | gzip - | dd of=output_filename bs=1024k

And just the opp. to decompress.
Now no matter waht's the size, let it be 100GB, this will work.

[Muthukumar_5]

Your file system is largefiles. ok. what is space existing on that specific file system?

# bdf

It may be the problem to get that ERROR.

To found whereis gzip available then,
which gzip

if not found then, find / -name "gzip"

post what is the version you are using there.

what

hth.

[???_185]

I solved.
there is a gzip 1.2.4 version file when I install 11.23 os.
and then I isntalled 1.3.5.
but it didn't work.becasue system know gzip as 1.2.4 version.
-whereis gzip
/usr/contrib/bin/gzip /usr/local/bin/zip
which gzip
/usr/contrib/bin/gzip
gzip -V
1.2.4

I changed profile parameter.
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/opt/xppa:$PATH ->.profile
/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin: -> /etc/PATH
whereis gzip
gzip: /usr/local/bin/gzip /usr/contrib/bin/gzip /usr/local/man/man1/gzip.1 /usr/contrib/man/man1.Z/gzip.1
[cnuh2:/]which gzip
/usr/local/bin/gzip
[cnuh2:/]gzip -V
gzip 1.3.5
(2002-09-30)
Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation
Copyright 1992-1993 Jean-loup Gailly
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You may redistribute copies of this program
under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.
Compilation options:
DIRENT UTIME STDC_HEADERS HAVE_UNISTD_H HAVE_MEMORY_H HAVE_STRING_H HAVE_LSTAT
Written by Jean-loup Gailly.

I want to know xppa more specifically.
because I insert PATH=/usr/local/bin:/opt/xppa:$PATH, the system knew right PATH.

[Arunvijai_4]

I feel /opt/xppa relates with XP Arrays ? Do you have that connected to your server ?

-Arun

[Adisuria Wangsadinata_1]

Hi,

Rectification :

xppa is a part of hp StorageWorks performance advisor, check the url below for your reference :

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00500943/c00500943.pdf

On page 4, you will see that AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Sun default location at /opt/xppa.

Hope this information can help you.

Cheers,
AW