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Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:47:24 +0200
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Subject: Re: Cygwin support for large files
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Quoting Rocco Scappatura <Rocco DOT Scappatura AT infracom DOT it>:

> I fear that it is the kernel (cygwin engine) that can't manage file
> greater than 4GB.
>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_file_format#Technical_information

The above entry would rather suggest it is a limitation of zip itself.

regards,
Markus


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