gzip error on tar file 8GB

From: LHradowy (laura.hradowy_at_NOSPAM.mts.ca)
Date: 07/17/03

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    I am trying to tar and compress a database backup directory. It does not
    have GNUtar so I can't tar -czf file.

    So I am breaking it down, first I tar the file to another directory that was
    big enough to hold the 8GB tar.
    cd backup_dir ; tar cf /some/other/directory/offline_backup.tar .

    Now when I try to gzip the file I get an error...
    server$gzip offline_backup.tar
    offline_backup.tar: Value too large to be stored in data type

    I am at my witts end...

    I do have a question...
    If I install GNUtar, will I still get the same error it tries to compress
    the file...

    This is my config...
    HP-UX B.11.00 U 9000/800
    server$gzip -V
    gzip 1.2.4 (18 Aug 93)
    Compilation options:
    DIRENT UTIME STDC_HEADERS HAVE_UNISTD_H

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