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| From: | Joerg Schilling |
| Subject: | Re: [Bug-tar] --create --verify fails with >2GB files |
| Date: | Wed, 09 May 2007 15:29:36 +0200 |
| User-agent: | nail 11.22 3/20/05 |
Andrew Klaassen <address@hidden> wrote:
> --- Joerg Schilling
> <address@hidden> wrote:
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> > The switch to base 256 that we defined around 1998
> > happens with 8 GB ore more.
>
> Would that affect ~5GB archive members?
It should not. Star does not switch to base256 numbers before you
reached the 8 GB limit. I cannot speak for gtar.
Jörg
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