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Old 10-14-2003
gzip:Value too large for defined data type
SunOS machinename 5.8 Generic_108528-13 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise-10000


I am gzipping a file over 2GB and get this error message:
Filename :Value too large for defined data type

Is this because the file is over 2GB?
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Old 10-14-2003
Found the answer on SunSolve:

Document ID: ID50483
Synopsis: ADMIN: gzip, gunzip is not largefile aware in Solaris 8

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Keyword(s):gzip, gunzip, largefile, large file, too large
Applies to: Solaris 8 and earlier Solaris versions Last Updated: 2/12/2003

Problem Statement Top

ADMIN: /usr/bin/gzip, gunzip is not largefile aware in Solaris 8. Attempting to compress a file larger than 2Gb with gzip results in error: Value too large for defined data type Attempting to uncompress a file larger than 2GB with gunzip results in error: File too large The Solaris 8 version of gzip/gunzip is 1.2.4 which is not large file aware. See man largefile(5) for more details on which Solaris utilities are largefile aware and largefile safe. However, the Solaris 9 version of gzip/gunzip is 1.3 which IS largefile aware. The version of gzip can be seen with the command: On Solaris 8:

# gzip -V
gzip 1.2.4 (18 Aug 93)

On Solaris 9:

# gzip -V
gzip 1.3

Gzip 1.3 for Solaris 8 can be downloaded from: http://sunfreeware.com Note: Software downloaded from sunfreeware.com is not supported by Sun. Note: gzip, gunzip was not bundled in Solaris 7 and earlier releases. Solaris 8 is the first version of Solaris to include gzip, gunzip.
 
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