Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 08:28:24 -0500 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gzip and large files Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20020830082824.020e3b90@mail.sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <44ptw1rsv9.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <3.0.5.32.20020829200154.020e3b90@mail.sage-one.net> <44k7m9n4lo.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <3.0.5.32.20020829200154.020e3b90@mail.sage-one.net>
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At 10:19 PM 8.29.2002 -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >"Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> writes: > >> A while back I reported on this list about having lockups and crashes using >> with large tars (over 2GBs). I was also using the "z" switch for gzip at >> the time. Once I dropped the "z" flag with tar, the problem stopped ....so >> far and it's been a couple of months now since. Never could pin it on >> anything else.... > >Until *very* recently, FreeBSD's tar command didn't support files over >2GB at all... > Yes, I know, but then switched to gtar which does (supposedly) support the files over 2GB... using the "z" switch, had identical problem. Still using base system tar without "z" with no problem. Am running 4.5-RELEASE here. Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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