Summary:The Maximum size of tar ?

From: kenny <kenny_at_genesis.com.tw>
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 22:45:06 +0800

Hi managers

Thank you to all that have replied:
esci [esci_at_fastlane.net]
Dr. Tom Blinn, 603-884-0646 [tpb_at_doctor.zk3.dec.com]
Harald Klatte [klatte_at_hrz.uni-kassel.de]
Mike D Cross [crossmd_at_mh.uk.sbphrd.com]
Andrew Busch [a.busch_at_qut.edu.au]
Alan Rollow - Dr. File System's Home for Wayward Inodes.
[alan_at_nabeth.cxo.dec.com]

My questions were the following:

I want to find out , What is the Maximum size of a file when I using the tar
command ?

And the answer:

Most of the answer is , that the maximum size of a file
when using tar is depend on the structure of the source code.
I got a anwser from Mr. Alan Rollow .
He say "The maximum file size that can be saved to tape and have
a reasonably portable tape is 8 GB. That's because the
file size field is 12 octal digits."
At the same time , Dr. Tom Blinn told me ,
"In the release notes for most of the recent versions of Tru64 UNIX there is
a section on limits (in one of the appendices in the back). It lists most
of the limits for the archivers like tar, pax, and cpio. "
And I find out the answer is 4GByte of a file , when using tar command .

Thanks again..

By Genesis
Kenny Chang
Received on Fri Apr 09 1999 - 14:51:56 NZST

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