# Xtrabackup decompression error -- cat write error: broken pipe **URL:** \ **Category:** Percona Distribution for MySQL\ **Tags:** community, mysql, percona\ **Created:** [December 30, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/xtrabackup-decompression-error-cat-write-error-broken-pipe/13710 "2021-12-30T13:25:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rahul\_Kanaujia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/rahul_kanaujia/32/5386_2.png) [@Rahul\_Kanaujia](https://forums.percona.com/u/Rahul_Kanaujia)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/xtrabackup-decompression-error-cat-write-error-broken-pipe/13710/1 "2021-12-30T13:25:58Z")
Hi, I am getting below error while performing decompression of backup database on other server. cat: write error: broken pipe sh: line 1: 55331 Done(1) cat ./mydb/table\_name.ibd.qp 55333 File size limit exceeded| qpress -dio \> ./mydb/table\_name.ibd decomression Command: xtrabackup --decompress --remove-original --target-dir=/db/path xtrabackup version: 2.4.24 Percona MySQL version: 5.7.25-28 log OS version: RHEL 6.10(Santiago) ---
**Author:** ![Denis\_Subbota](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/denis_subbota/32/23607_2.png) [@Denis\_Subbota](https://forums.percona.com/u/Denis_Subbota)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/xtrabackup-decompression-error-cat-write-error-broken-pipe/13710/2 "2022-10-22T05:07:51Z")
Hello [Rahul](https://forums.percona.com/u/Rahul_Kanaujia) In order to help you solve this issue, would you mind sharing a command which you were using to take the backup, what user you use to take this backup, and what permission for --target-dir=/db/path Also you can use below command to decompress compressed backup. ```auto # cd # for i in $(find -name "*.qp"); do qpress -vd $i $(dirname ${i}) && rm -f $i; done ``` Regards, Denis Subbota. Managed Services, Percona.