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| From: | Peter DOT Frey AT haufe DOT de |
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| Subject: | RE: tar 1.13.19-1: extraction of a .tar.gz file with -xvz ends w |
| ith "tar: Archive value 4178575360 is out of off_t range 0..2147483647" | |
| Date: | Thu, 21 Feb 2002 16:06:39 +0100 |
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--------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C1BAE9.5CF06810" ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1BAE9.5CF06810 Content-Type: text/plain > Right - cygwin doesnt support files larger than 2 gigs. > it would be nice to have this documented (at least in the FAQ) I couldnt find it there (I did search both for "largefile" and "tar"). I am also told that the GNU version of tar is per default largefile aware does cygwin have a different implementation? tar --version at least suggest that it is the GNU version: E:\Exchange\2002-02-21\cygwin>tar --version tar (GNU tar) 1.13.19 Copyright 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. You may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License; see the file named COPYING for details. Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason. Peter ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1BAE9.5CF06810 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3DUS-ASCII"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.2653.12"> <TITLE>RE: tar 1.13.19-1: extraction of a .tar.gz file with -xvz ends = with "tar: Archive value 4178575360 is out of off_t range = 0..2147483647"</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>> Right - cygwin doesnt support files larger than = 2 gigs.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>it would be nice to have this documented (at least in = the FAQ)</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>I couldnt find it there (I did search both for = "largefile" and "tar").</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I am also told that the GNU version of tar is per = default largefile aware</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>does cygwin have a different implementation?</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>tar --version at least suggest that it is the GNU = version:</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>E:\Exchange\2002-02-21\cygwin>tar --version</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>tar (GNU tar) 1.13.19</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Copyright 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent = permitted by law.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>You may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU = General Public License;</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>see the file named COPYING for details.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Peter</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1BAE9.5CF06810-- --------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ --------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary--
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