RE: [rdiff-backup-users] Any 2GB limits lurking?

[AP - Simon Blandford]

OK Thanks Ben,

That's just what I hoped to hear :-)

Regards,
SimonB.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Escoto [mailto:address@hidden]
> Sent: 08 October 2002 17:36
> To: AP - Simon Blandford
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Any 2GB limits lurking?
>
>
> >>>>> "SB" == simon  <AP>
> >>>>> wrote the following on Tue, 8 Oct 2002 13:18:06 +0100
>
>   SB> Hi, I know that Pre-2.4 Linux kernels suffer from a 2GB file
>   SB> size limit. I have also found that the tar command has this
>   SB> problem too even with a new kernel.
>
>   SB> Are there any circumstances (compression etc) where rdiff also
>   SB> suffers this same limitation that are not obvious.
>
> You mean rdiff-backup?  Some versions have indeed had problems with
> this, but the most recent stable and development versions should work.
>
>
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> Ben Escoto
>