I did the following -
bash-3.2$ uname -a
SunOS <host name> 5.10 Generic_Virtual sun4v sparc sun4v
bash-3.2$ tar -xvzf splunkforwarder-6.4.1-debde650d26e-SunOS-sparc.tar.Z
tar: z: unknown function modifier
Usage: tar {c|r|t|u|x}[BDeEFhilmnopPqTvw@[0-7]][bfk][X...] [blocksize] [tarfile] [size] [exclude-file...] {file | -I include-file | -C directory file}...
What can be done?
The following speaks about the tar -z
option in Solaris - Extract and Uncompress tar.Z file, One Command (Solaris)
It suggests trying uncompress -c foo.tar.Z | tar xv -
....
And, uncompress -c splunkforwarder-6.4.1-debde650d26e-SunOS-sparc.tar.Z
uncompresses it to stdout...
Try this:
gunzip splunkforwarder-6.4.1-debde650d26e-SunOS-sparc.tar.Z
tar xvf splunkforwarder-6.4.1-debde650d26e-SunOS-sparc.tar
Try this:
gunzip splunkforwarder-6.4.1-debde650d26e-SunOS-sparc.tar.Z
tar xvf splunkforwarder-6.4.1-debde650d26e-SunOS-sparc.tar
Perfect - that works as well!!!!
I take it you can't use a .rpm on solaris right?
I haven't tried an rpm on solaris... what would be the command?
With some help from the SA and zcat splunkforwarder-6.4.1-debde650d26e-SunOS-sparc.tar.Z | tar -xf -
did it.