Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 16:34:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Ben Rosengart <ben@skunk.org> To: NT Workstation User <gdsntusr@globaldelsys.com> Cc: Joe Gleason <freebsd.list@bug.tasam.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does freeBSD or any related freeBSDs support file larger than 2GB on 32bit x86 platforms Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907271633280.57495-100000@penelope.skunk.org> In-Reply-To: <001901bed86d$e7b4c010$2bc809c0@HalbartAir.com>
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On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, NT Workstation User wrote: > Ummm, I'm not sure whether tar files count. See the 2GB file limit under > Linux comes from the maximum value of a 32bit signed integer. Because the > file system calls use those 32bit integers a file's size is limited to 2GB, > at least if you want random access. tar files generally aren't accessed in > a random access fashion, instead the file is treated as a byte stream. You're thinking of dump. Tar goes through the filesystem interface just like any other program -- that's why it's so portable, and also why it doesn't preserve holes in files. BTW, trim your lists, you shouldn't mail that many lists at once. -- Ben UNIX Systems Engineer, Skunk Group StarMedia Network, Inc. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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