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you should look into what those commands are doing. ln creates links between files. since no-one knows how to install uncompress on redhat we are subsituting it with gunzip (it probably handles the same format that compress uses).
at this point download the file again (do not use ftp and do not attempt to modify or edit the file in any way) then run ./DBConfig_RHEL_SAM_10_0_R5.bin to execute it and post the command and any error or output in you next response.
if you must use ftp then be certainly sure that you enable binary mode when you transfer it. ask the author of the file if they have any sha1 or md5 checksum that you can use to verify the integrity of the downloaded file.
[off topic]This thread should be renamed "blind flight on RedHat"[/off topic]
@carltonp: we're happy to help people with their Linux-systems, but I would strongly recommend that you (besides asking here) RTFM the manpages. Read the documentation for your distribution!
[off topic]This thread should be renamed "blind flight on RedHat"[/off topic]
@carltonp: we're happy to help people with their Linux-systems, but I would strongly recommend that you (besides asking here) RTFM the manpages. Read the documentation for your distribution!
Markus
Markus, duly noted.
In the meantime, I have ftp'd the file again in binary mode. When I run file I get the following:
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