Peewee
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zcat
I am trying to unzip the following file
gcc-bin.tar.gz
I have only zcat or uncompress to work with at the moment and not gunzip.
can i do this and if so what is my command instrsuction.
I tried the simple command:
zcat gcc-bin.tar.gz
This command failed. The error reported is as follows:
No such file: gcc-bin.tar.gz.Z
what are my options?
regards
Peter
gcc-bin.tar.gz
I have only zcat or uncompress to work with at the moment and not gunzip.
can i do this and if so what is my command instrsuction.
I tried the simple command:
zcat gcc-bin.tar.gz
This command failed. The error reported is as follows:
No such file: gcc-bin.tar.gz.Z
what are my options?
regards
Peter
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interiot,
i donot hsve gzip installed..
any offers..
i donot hsve gzip installed..
any offers..
zcat is fine.
zcat gcc-bin.tar.gz > gcc-bin.tar
tar xvf gcc-bin.tar
zcat -s a gunzip -c, that means it will send to stdout (I guess your approach kill your teminal?)
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Werner
zcat gcc-bin.tar.gz > gcc-bin.tar
tar xvf gcc-bin.tar
zcat -s a gunzip -c, that means it will send to stdout (I guess your approach kill your teminal?)
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Werner
It won't work. You need gunzip. zcat is probably a symlink to compress which uses a slightly different compression format than gzip. That is why it looks for a .Z extension. gunzip can unzip .Z files, but not vice versa.
Peewee said he has zcat, zcat is a binary and zcat works for *.gz compression!
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Werner
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Werner
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chaps,
i tried the zcat commands and they don't work. I think Marecs is right.
I've tried to install gunzip but it wont install, will post the errors here later..
regards
peewee
i tried the zcat commands and they don't work. I think Marecs is right.
I've tried to install gunzip but it wont install, will post the errors here later..
regards
peewee
Peewee
What OS are you running on? I am on AIX and I am using zcat all the time, so just wondering what could go wrong. What does zcat complain about?
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Werner
What OS are you running on? I am on AIX and I am using zcat all the time, so just wondering what could go wrong. What does zcat complain about?
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Werner
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I,m runing solaris Sun OS 5.6 which i think equates to solaris 2.6.
the error mesage i get is:
No such file: gcc-bin.tar.gz.Z
it basically appends the .Z to the file name and hence cant find it.
regards
Peter
the error mesage i get is:
No such file: gcc-bin.tar.gz.Z
it basically appends the .Z to the file name and hence cant find it.
regards
Peter
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try renaming the file with a .Z at the end
Regards Mike
Regards Mike
I would go to frresunware.com and download the latest version of gzip, it's best to go ahead and install it, you'll need it.
CA
CA
oops...its sunfreeware.com if u are using solaris plattform
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yept thats my only option or get a newer copy of solaris.
many thanks
peewee
many thanks
peewee
gzip -d gcc-bin.tar.gz