Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 12:37:57 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: David Banning <david+dated+1178481507.0b93b4@skytracker.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't zip large files 2gb > Message-ID: <20070502093757.GA2835@kobe.laptop> In-Reply-To: <20070501195825.GA10269@skytracker.ca> References: <20070501195825.GA10269@skytracker.ca>
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On 2007-05-01 15:58, David Banning <david+dated+1178481507.0b93b4@skytracker.ca> 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? A lot of the features related to file sizes and other attributes of the files stored on a disk depend highly on the type of file system used on the disk. What file system does the destination directory live in? - Giorgos
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