Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 12:59:54 +1000 (EST) From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> To: Tod McQuillin <devin@spamcop.net> Cc: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net>, Lou Katz <lou@metron.com>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Tar broken for large files? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0205171247350.47542-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0205162135280.9977-100000@sysadmin>
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On Thu, 16 May 2002, Tod McQuillin wrote:
> As it turns out, FreeBSD's tar is in fact GNU tar, albeit an older
> version.
>
> % tar --version
> GNU tar version 1.11.2
Its a *very* hacked-at version of GNU tar 1.11.2.
It should be hacked at some more to teach it about >2g file sizes.
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