Hi,
First of all another search engine can be found at
http://www.ornl.gov/its/archives/mailing-lists/search.html.
Thanks for all the replys, and if I had searched the archives I would have
found the answers.
The short answer is: Yes there is a limitation in tar.
>From the release notes (I knew I should have read them):
tar
File size: 8 GB (4 TB with extended option). Therefore I would try the
-E option (from Matthias Reichling).
Thanks again,
Per.
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: Per Klitgaard Madsen [SMTP:PKM_at_dmt.sonofon.dk]
> Sendt: 7. juli 1999 14:24
> Til: tru64-unix-managers_at_ornl.gov
> Emne: tar: File too large
>
> Hi,
>
> Hope this is not too trivial (the archive search engine seems to be down).
>
> When trying to do a tar of a file of around 8Gb or more, we get the error:
>
> tar: 'the file' : File too large for archive format, truncating to
> 8589934591 bytes
>
> Is the the expected behaviour? If so, is there a workaround? We are in the
> process of introducing networker backup on this particular machine, but in
> the meanwhile we depend upon tar.
>
>
> Regards,
> Per.
>
> Name: Per Klitgaard Madsen. Company: Sonofon, Skelagervej 1, DK-9000
> Aalborg
> Phone: +45 72127741. Fax: +45 72127989 e-mail: pkm_at_dmt.sonofon.dk
Received on Mon Jul 12 1999 - 06:56:42 NZST