unzipping _client.cpio.gz issue

Hi,

FYI I've this AIX6.1 machine that I'm telnet to using Putty. I have this oracle client file which is 1G+ that took me several hours to transfer.

I was trying to unzip 10gr2_aix5l64_client.cpio.gz.

# gunzip 10gr2_aix5l64_client.cpio.gz /usr/app/oracle
gunzip: /usr/app/oracle is a directory -- ignored

now I see, instead of cpio.gz its .cpio. I don't want the installer to be messed up.

# cd /usr
# ls
10gr2_aix5l64_client.cpio

please help/advice.

# whoami
root

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
previously I've also ..not sure if it's related

# mkdir -p /usr/app/oracle
# chown -R oracle:oinstall /usr/app/oracle
# chmod -R 775 /usr/app/oracle

Thanks

All gunzip does is uncompress the file in the directory where it resides it does not redirect the output.

The syntax of your command is trying to unzip /usr/app/oracle no wonder it is complaining.

thanks for the response
1)

okay, so the file now has been compressed from cpio.gz to cpio?

2)
so now would it be okay if I

cpio -idmv 10gr2_aix5l64_client.cpio

reason me asking first coz i dont want to mess up that file...took me like 8hours to ftp it :wall:

Just take a backup of the file away from where you have it now and try the cpio command as you have typed it here. I have not used the command for a long time as most things are in TAR format. However I thought the syntax for the command was:

cpio -idmv <filename

However I might be wrong!

# cpio -idmv < 10gr2_aix5l64_client.cpio


 cpio: 0511-903 Out of phase!
         cpio attempting to continue...


 cpio: 0511-904 skipping 301202 bytes to get back in phase!
         One or more files lost and the previous file is possibly corrupt!

Segmentation fault(coredump)
#

but when i tried

cpio  -idcmv <10gr2_aix5l64_client.cpio


Disk1/install/images
Disk1/install
Disk1/response/clientruntime.rsp
Disk1/response/clientcustom.rsp
Disk1/response/instantClient.rsp
Disk1/response/clientadmin.rsp
Disk1/response
Disk1/welcome.html
Disk1

I think is good...next step > figure out how to launch/install this oracle client let's see........

Any time if you want check the format of a file, you can run:

# file filename

So you can know if the file already uncompressed.

hye,2 quick question........

AIX 6.1 ->
1) can a 64bit oracle client installer be installed on a 32 bit platform? :wall:would it work?

Windows server 2008 ->
2)can an oracle client instant 10g express for windows2008 > connect to an oracle server 10g server? or both need to be XE/express?