Yes is was done in vi.

Also, I have now downloaded the file directly to my linux machine.

Cheers

I thought I might add the following output when I run vi on the file(which might provide more assistance in helping me)

#!/bin/sh

PATH=$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin
BLOCKSIZE=32768
JRESTART=3
JREREALSIZE=137188985
ARCHSIZE=8610
RESSIZE=588
RESREALSIZE=19266254
ARCHREALSIZE=282110589
LAX_NL_CURRENT_VM=jre/bin/java
LAX_INSTALLER_UNIX_INTERNAL_PROPERTY_0=bin/java
DEFAULTPERMS=002
INSTALLER_OVERRIDE_VMLIST="1.4+"
INSTALLER_STDERR_REDIRECT="/tmp/5620_SAM_dbconfig_stderr.txt"
INSTALLER_STDOUT_REDIRECT="/tmp/5620_SAM_dbconfig_stdout.txt"
INSTALLER_HEAP_SIZE_INITIAL="16777216"
INSTALLER_HEAP_SIZE_MAX="968884224"
INSTALLER_OPTIONAL_ARGS="-XX:MaxPermSize=256m"
RESOURCE_DIR="Linux"
DEFAULT_UI_MODE="GUI"
#!/bin/sh
@
"DBConfig_RHEL_SAM_10_0_R5.bin" [converted] 3625179L, 632554463C


Cheers

Carlton

No! No! NO! You don't need to 'download' from the USB stick at all! You simply need to copy the file, and on that level, there is no binary vs. ASCII mode. Files are files are files in a filesystem.
The binary mode download needs to be done at the original network transfer level, which you have indicated was done using FTP. If network file transfers must be done using FTP, then it must be done in binary mode. A better method is to use scp (secure copy), in which all transfers are 'binary' mode.
It seems clear at this point that the file you have is corrupted by the non-binary file transfer, and you will have to re-acquire it using proper methods. Perhaps the original source has, or can create, an MD5 hash to use for comparison at your destination, just to make sure the file arrives intact.

--- rod.

why do you need to edit the file in vi and thus convert the file's format ? methinks that mite add corruption while trying to execute the file.

maybe you can enable rpmfusion.com's repo or maybe you can create a symlink to gunzip.

out of curiosity, how was the file downloaded (http , scp , ftp , ...) ?

Hi, can you please tell me how to create a symlink to gunzip?

I was told that to fix the following error I need run vi on the file and then do :set fileformat=unix

bash: ./DBConfig_RHEL_SAM_10_0_R5.bin: /bin/sh^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

Hi, can you please tell me how to create a symlink to gunzip?

Hi all,

I have been trying to run the following command but keep on getting the error message 'command not found'

do: 'ln -s /usr/bin/gunzip /usr/bin/uncompress

Can someone please show me how to successfully run this command?

Cheers

i didnt see the :set fileformat=unix from anyone else in this thread so i am assuming that the person who gave you that file gave you that instruction. if the file originally has the ms ^M's then the file was probably fubar to begin with (edit: or are you running this to correct the issue of downloading it to windows first then sneakernetting it to linux; if you download directly you wouldnt have to do this step ?). if that instruction didnt come from the originator i would redownload the file and just run it (with as few middle-men as possible).

whoops, i just saw the previous post. what does this return

It returns

/bin/ln

Then you should simply execute it (what you did before you started this thread) without any modifications.

If it doesn't work, please post all error-messages.

Markus

maybe you need to be root; but the error wouldve stated that instead of saying 'command not found'.

can you please re-run the command and copy-and-paste both the command and the error in your repsonse in code tags -- i'm assumng theres a typo somewhere (like '1' or 'I' instead of 'l').

schneidz

I am root. Please see below output