gzip : file too large

[Juquin_3]

Hi , i try to uncompressed an oracle file > 2Go but impossible because there is the message follows : gzip : file too large .
I have 1.2.4 gzip's version.
Do i have the good version ?
Thanks for your help

[Mark Grant]

Version 1.3 and above supports files greater that 2GB.

You might try an upgrade

[T G Manikandan]

1.2.4a version and supports large files

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

check also for the dependencies

[Sunil Sharma_1]

Hi,

Your Gzip version is old and it has limitaion of 2GB File size.
Install latest version of Gzip.

visit http://www.gzip.org/ for latest verion of gzip.

Sunil

[Marc Roger]

Wouldn't the use of stdin and stdout be a valid workaround ? (ie gzip -d < file.gz > file)

[Juquin_3]

Thank you !!

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Juquin,

Sorry to be late to the party.
But THIS is one of my pet peeves with HP.
They *continue* to bundle 1.2.4 with ALL the OS versions even though 1.3.1 has been released for *over* 2 years. I've submitted enhancements requests & even JAGs - but no solution yet.

Problem boils down to the fact that no one at GNU has labeled any other version than 1.2.4 as "stable" even though I've never had an ounce of trouble with it. And I don't think HP will bundle it until they do.

One thing to keep in mind with the versions on the Porting Center, they will install into /usr/local/bin by default. The standard OS ver installs into /usr/contrib/bin & that's where utils like Ignite expect to see it. The 1.3.X vers CAN be redirected into /usr/contrib/bin & I'd certainly recommend you do that.

My 2 cents,
Jeff

[John P. Kole]

Related links:

Some myths about gzip 1.2.4 (from Oct-2004):
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=713940

More gzip notes (from Jan-2004):
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=397889

This thread about gzip (from Jan-2004):
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=388010