* Alan Shutko ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010910 10:22]: > Patrick Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I believe (not sure for a fact, but fairly sure) that zlib has nothing > > to do with this size limitation... it has something to do with kernel > > 2.2.x. > > I'm not completely sure about that. > > The currently released version of gzip, which (afaik) zlib is based > on, cannot handle >2GB files, even on a system with large file > support. It may be that zlib has the same limitation, but I was > unable to find anything out.
If this is the case (as it may well be; I know little to nothing about this subject), you may have better luck using pipes and redirection instead of having gzip itself deal with the large files: gzip - < big_big_huge_big_file > big_big_huge_file.gz gunzip - < big_big_huge_file.gz > big_big_huge_big_file Of course, that will still only work if your kernel supports it. -- Vineet http://www.anti-dmca.org Unauthorized use of this .sig may constitute violation of US law. echo Qba\'g gernq ba zr\! |tr 'a-zA-Z' 'n-za-mN-ZA-M'
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