Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 16:21:18 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: David Banning <david+dated+1178481507.0b93b4@skytracker.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't zip large files 2gb > Message-ID: <20070501202118.GA5020@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20070501195825.GA10269@skytracker.ca> References: <20070501195825.GA10269@skytracker.ca>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 03:58:26PM -0400, 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. OK, none of those are "zip" though :) They're completely different algorithms. > 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? Quite possible your system is too old, it works on modern versions of FreeBSD at least with gzip and bzip2. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGN6E+Wry0BWjoQKURAqEnAKCO//PBdtVzxqwf/QwO2HuuPo+xqQCeNLIC j6aOF2VkpIOXtXPSdKyC7bo= =4hXe -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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