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Re: [Bug-tar] Tar version 1.11.2 and 2Gbyte Files under FreeBSD
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: [Bug-tar] Tar version 1.11.2 and 2Gbyte Files under FreeBSD |
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Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:45:13 -0700 |
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Francois Joubert <address@hidden> writes:
> I have tried using tar version 1.13.25 under FreeBSD 4.5 and was able to
> make the archive including an 4 gigabyte file but got an error while
> extracting which was not readable as loads of garbage was printed
> filling the screen.
I'm not familiar with this problem. I was able to make and read
large-file archives with 1.13.15.
Anyway, I suggest you try tar 1.15.1, which is the current version.
1.13.25 is pretty old, and 1.15.1 fixes some important bugs in it.
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.15.1.tar.gz