2007/1/25, David Rosenstrauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > gzip <in.tar >/tmp/out.tar.gz > > Hmmm ... not sure I grok why this is different. Anyone want to hit me > with a cluestick?
I believe to understand that, using stdin, you bypass dimension check, since you are using a stream, for which size is unknown. After all, you just need a switch at compile time for large files, so it's not a technical limitation, and I think the gzip algo is a streaming one, so size is not a big issue. Maybe it's limited to comply with older filesystems that can't handle files that big. bardo _______________________________________________ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
