Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <08231599A3E6E64CAE8FA66619243E4002FAA749@vg100cl1> From: Peter DOT Frey AT haufe DOT de To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com 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 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------InterScan_NT_MIME_Boundary" --------------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 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"

> 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

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