Re: tar/zip/bzip2

2006-04-23 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 20.04.06 11:32, steef wrote: > what is the maximum-size of a file (if there is a maximum) to put in some > archive? > > [i mean tar, tar.gz and the like] according to "tar" info page, section Formats: Format UIDFile Size Path Name Devn gnu 1.8e19 Unlimited

Re: tar/zip/bzip2

2006-04-20 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 11:32:54AM +0200, steef wrote: > hi folks, > > what is the maximum-size of a file (if there is a maximum) to put in some > archive? > > [i mean tar, tar.gz and the like] It seems to depend on the file system. I've hit limits at 2G and at 4G. I presume current versions

Re: tar/zip/bzip2

2006-04-20 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 11:32 +0200, steef wrote: > hi folks, > > what is the maximum-size of a file (if there is a maximum) to put in some > archive? > > [i mean tar, tar.gz and the like] Depends on your versions of the kernel, glibc & tar. Modern versions of all 3 have LFS (Large File Support)

Re: tar/zip/bzip2

2006-04-20 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
steef wrote: > hi folks, > > what is the maximum-size of a file (if there is a maximum) to put in some > archive? > > [i mean tar, tar.gz and the like] > > regards, > > steef > > Depending on whether or not your kernel and all userland utilities have the necessary support, it can be either

tar/zip/bzip2

2006-04-20 Thread steef
hi folks, what is the maximum-size of a file (if there is a maximum) to put in some archive? [i mean tar, tar.gz and the like] regards, steef -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]