Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 16:52:35 -0500 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tar broken for large files? Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20020517165235.02fa8848@mail.sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <200205172108.g4HL8xu11980@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <20020517143409.88009.qmail@web20806.mail.yahoo.com>
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At 11:08 PM 5.17.2002 +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote: >Erminio Baranzini <aredat@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Martin.Kaeske@Stud.TU-Ilmenau.DE wrote in message > > news:<20020517094106.A29547_walnut.hh59.local@ns.sol.net>... > > > On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 12:59:54PM +1000, Andy Farkas wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > > > What about PR gnu/24903? Can this patch fix the problem? > > > > Why do you not use star ? > >The tar in FreeBSD's base system should be fixed (either >by patching it or by importing a newer gtar, or another >tar version like star, if license permits and no features >are lost). > >It is really a shame that FreeBSD's tar cannot handle >files larger than 2 Gbyte, even though our filesystem >could handle them long before Linux could. > >Just my 0.02 Euro. > >Regards > Oliver > I just switched to gtar and it uses the same switches as tar, so only need a "g" to be added to my scripts (and different path to gtar). Works fine. Never tried "star"... does it use the same switches too...??? .... our website: http://www.sage-one.net/ Best regards, Jack L. Stone Server Admin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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