Re: [Bug-tar] tar ftp file size limit?

[Paul Eggert]

"John Stone" <address@hidden> writes:

> For some reason, it always stops transferring just before 2Gb
> (1,972,460KB on last attempt), and the file should be 20Gb or so.  Is
> there a file size limit with tar?

2 GB should be well under tar's file size limits, if you have compiled
it correctly.  If you compile tar incorrectly it may be built in
"small-file" mode, which has a 2 GiB limit.

You are using not only tar, but also ftp, and perhaps some other
programs (sudo?).  In cases like these, you may need to make sure that
all your programs (e.g., the FTP client and server) are also built in
large-file mode.

> Does it need enough memory for the
> whole file even if I output to the standard output instead of the file
> system or something?

No.