Re: On the fly import decompress problem

I suspect that there must be a 'large number' somewhere in the gzipped file. The import procedure I am using is built to read a gz file and decompress on the fly via a pipe as you have suggested. The error always occurs in the script and if I try it manually on the command line.

Bummer !

Thanks anyway.
Norman.

Norman Dunbar			EMail:	Norman.Dunbar_at_LFS.co.uk
Database/Unix administrator	Phone:	0113 289 6265
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Brand [mailto:kevin.brandx_at_tel.gte.com] Posted At: Friday, September 14, 2001 5:39 PM Posted To: server
Conversation: On the fly import decompress problem Subject: Re: On the fly import decompress problem

Instead of using gunzip, or using two pipes, will this work:

mknod pipefile p
gzip -d < BIGGZFILE >pipefile

Then file=pipefile for imp.

This way gzip/gunzip doesn't need to know the size. Received on Mon Sep 17 2001 - 03:41:20 CDT