gunzip file

[doti]

hi,
I have the oracle version in gzip format on the cd.
I need to unpack it to the hard drive.
Do i have to copy the file from dcrom to the hard drive and then unpack or can i unpack it stright from the cdrom???

thanks in advance,
Doti

 

[sunixadm]

Hi,

You can unpack it directly from the CD.

-Joe

 

[doti]

ok
any instructions, how should i do it????
i checed man pages for gunzip but there is nothing about unpacking to certain directories....
how should i do it???

doti

 

[KenCunningham]

It's easier to move the gz file to where you want to unpack it and the perform the gunzip.

 

[daFranze]

zcat /onCD/file.tar.gz > /onDisk/file.tar

Best Regards, Franz
--
Solaris System Manager from Munich, Germany
I used to work for Sun Microsystems Support (EMEA) for 5 years

 

[doti]

Thanks for milion,

I moved it despite it tokk me some 3 hours
and coul unpack successfully.

 

[mattaw]

another method would be to use gnu tar from

http://www.sunfreeware.com

An excellent site that offers solaris packages of GNU utils.

with GNU tar, go to the dir to unpack to and then use:

tar -xzvf <filename to tar.gz>

Well worth the change,

Matthew


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