Re: TAR command 2GB limitation
From: Richard Rhodes (rhoders@firstenergyXYZ.com)
Date: 04/21/03
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From: Richard Rhodes <rhoders@firstenergyXYZ.com> Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:56:00 GMT
Karhu <karhu@nospam.net> wrote in news:BAC4CA0E.2007%karhu@nospam.net:
> On 9/1/03 6:04 pm, in article avka3n$sjr$1@bolt.sonic.net, "Timothy J.
> Lee" <remove22@sonic.net> wrote:
>
>> In article <3e1d73dc$0$49100$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>,
>> Louis <nospam@nospam.nl> wrote:
>>> Well, bot gnu tar and pax have the same limit. They both stop at
>>> 2147481600 bytes.
>>>
>>> Any ideas what to do next ?
>>
Gtar handles files >2gb quite well, but make sure you have a version that
supports this.
As someone else said, check that you are using a "Large file enabled
filesystem".
Check you /etc/security/limits file for the max file that is allowed. The
the filesize limit to -1, unlimited.
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