From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 1 21:27:33 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A35E16A402 for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 21:27:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave.list@pixelhammer.com) Received: from smtp1.tls.net (smtp1.tls.net [65.196.224.82]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 17DA113C458 for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 21:27:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave.list@pixelhammer.com) Received: (qmail 44966 invoked from network); 1 May 2007 21:08:03 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.2.3 ppid: 44959, pid: 44963, t: 0.1212s scanners: attach: 1.2.3 clamav: 0.88.5/m:43/d:3186 Received: from 208-70-46-26.bb.hrtc.net (HELO ?192.168.0.105?) (dave.list@pixelhammer.com@208.70.46.26) by auth-smtp1.tls.net with SMTP; 1 May 2007 21:08:03 -0000 Message-ID: <4637AA34.3010400@pixelhammer.com> Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 16:59:32 -0400 From: DAve User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (Windows/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@freebsd.org References: <20070501195825.GA10269@skytracker.ca> In-Reply-To: <20070501195825.GA10269@skytracker.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: can't zip large files 2gb > X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 21:27:33 -0000 David Banning wrote: > I am attempting to zip large files that are 2GB - 3GB. > > uname -a; > > FreeBSD 3s1.com 4.11-STABLE FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE #7 > > I have tried gzip, bzip2 from the ports and rzip. > > All give no errors on zipping, but will not unzip, siting > CRC errors. > > Is there a maximum file size for zipping? Is my system too old? > Maybe a file or library that all zip programs depend on that is > corrupt? Your system is not too old, there were plenty of big files around when 4.11 was released. Sometimes we had to refill the oil lamps before gzip completed, but we made do. I routinely gzip and gunzip files several gb in size on a 4.8 release machine. If I had to point fingers I would question your disk. Try using gzip and gunzip on a different drive. Also you don't say if the files are local, if you are transmitting the files make certain they are not being sent in ascii format, ftp for instance. DAve -- Three years now I've asked Google why they don't have a logo change for Memorial Day. Why do they choose to do logos for other non-international holidays, but nothing for Veterans? Maybe they forgot who made that choice possible.