Why won't my computer (Sun Sparc5 Solaris 2.6) execute the gzip or gunzip commands I input? It returns the message "gunzip: not found" or "gzip: not found" no matter what file I try to unzip. It also displays this message when I use the compress and uncompress commands.
Sounds like they're not in your path. Try 'whereis gunzip'.
Thanks for the hint PxT. I tried the "whereis gunzip" command, and "gunzip:" appeared on the next line. What does that mean? Thanks in advance!
Carrmen
That means that whereis can't find the file. If it could, the output would have looked something like:
$ whereis gunzip
gunzip: /bin/gunzip /usr/bin/gunzip
This means that gunzip was found in both /bin and /usr/bin on my system.
Either a) you dont have gzip/gunzip installed, or b) you have them installed in non-standard location that whereis doesnt know about. You could try:
find / -name gunzip
to search the entire filesystem. If you still can't find them, download the package from http://www.sunfreeware.com
HTH
Thanks so much PxT! I downloaded the command from the sunfreeware site and it works beautifully. Thanks again!
Carrmen