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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To: <lhall AT rfk DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: tar file size limitation
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 20:50:41 -0000
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lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com wrote:
> I know work is progressing to change this but seems to me
> this is worthwhile fodder for the FAQ at this point.

You are right - however, I'm not the FAQ maintainer. Forwarding to the list.

Max.

> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Max Bowsher maxb AT ukf DOT net
> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 14:59:36 -0000
> To: pgregoreski AT histor DOT fr, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: tar file size limitation
>
>
> Pierre Gregoreski wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm trying to put on a tape a 16 GB file with Cygwin tar on W2K.
>
> Cygwin does not support large files (2GB+).
>
> Max.


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