Re: trying to tar 4GB size files
From: Luke MacNeil (nospamlukemacneil_at_comcast.net)
Date: 11/17/04
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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 11:20:13 -0500
Geof Gibson wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to tar folders down to 4 GB sized tarballs so I can burn them
> to DVDs.
> This is the command I've used:
> tar -cvML 4000000 -f tarball1.tar -f tarball2.tar source_dir/
>
> When I do this, it only tars a 372K file for traball1.tar then exits
> with an 'Error is not recoverable: exiting now.'
>
> I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Any suggestions?
>
> geofgibson@cox.net
>
I had a similar problem writing a backup script. My problem was with the
stat() function and was a limitation of glibc.. It couldn't handle file
sizes larger that 4GB. Could be related to your problem somehow. I never
found a solution.
- Luke
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