Ubuntu – gunzip “No space left on device”

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I have a gzipped file that Ubuntu reports is 2,119,952,848 bytes in size. When I try to gunzip on a mount with 12GB free space, I get the error "No space left on device".

Here's where it gets really strange… the file is a compressed mysqldump so should be highly compressible. However, gzip reports a large negative compression ratio:

ubuntu:/mnt/tmp$ gzip -l my.sql.gz
         compressed        uncompressed  ratio uncompressed_name
         2119952848          1471106218 -44.1% my.sql

Any idea what might be going on with this?

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May be the uncompressed counter is only 32 bit and so it reset to this wrong value

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I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to do, but you could create gzipped backups on the main server making sure that they're readily rsyncable and not bother decompressing anything in transit.

gzip(1)

--rsyncable
       While compressing, synchronize the output occasionally based on
       the  input.   This  increases  size by less than 1 percent most
       cases, but means that the rsync(1) program can much more  effi‐
       ciently  synchronize  files  compressed with this flag.  gunzip
       cannot tell the difference between a  compressed  file  created
       with this option, and one created without it.

Gzip “No space left on device”

What is the question you are asking exactly?

“No space left on device”

Would indicate that you've run out of disk space. Change the current working directory to another directory mounted on a larger partition and try again ...

Also, bear in mind that du won't always match df. It is possible for files to be deleted but the handles still remain in use by an application, so df can show less disk space available than du reports.

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Gzip “No space left on device”

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