gunzip

Use gunzip to decompress a file.

Syntax

gunzip filename

Views

User view

Predefined user roles

network-admin

mdc-admin

Parameters

filename: Specifies the name of the file to be decompressed. This argument must have .gz as the extension.

Usage guidelines

This command deletes the specified file after decompressing it.

Examples

# Decompress the file system.bin.gz.

1. Before decompressing the file, you can display files whose names start with the system. string.

   <Sysname> dir system.*
   Directory of flash:
      1 -rw-          20 Jun 14 2012 10:18:53   system.bin.gz
   472972 KB total (472840 KB free)
   

2. Decompress the file system.bin.gz.

   <Sysname> gunzip system.bin.gz
   Decompressing file system.bin.gz... Done.
   

3. Verify the decompress operation.

   <Sysname> dir system.*
   Directory of flash:
      1 -rw-           0 May 30 2012 11:42:25   system.bin
   472972 KB total (472844 KB free)