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Date:      Mon, 12 Mar 2001 16:58:14 -0600
From:      Christopher Farley <chris@northernbrewer.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   2GB limit on gzip?
Message-ID:  <20010312165812.A82168@northernbrewer.com>

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When I try to gzip a large (4 GB) file, it creates the gzip file without
any problem. However, gunzip complains of "CRC errors" during the
decompression. 

I've heard this is because gzip's internal headers only store a 32-bit
filesize, and hence has a 2 GB limit.

Are there any compression/decompression tools that work with files
greater than 2GB?

-- 
Christopher Farley
www.northernbrewer.com

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