Re: how do I extract a 2.6 gigabyte .tar.gz file ? (the saga continues)
On Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 11:49:58PM -0500, Darxus wrote:
> So unlike our beloved Unix utilities, winzip CAN seek past 2gb. BUT it
> can't untar and unzip at the same time, and since I don't have over 5.2gb
> of fat32 storage space, I don't have enough room to extract the .tar that
> my .tgz contains to a temp dir. So I still can't get my files. (ARGH)
>
> Ideas anyone ?
Perhaps you can use the cygnus GNU/Win32 programs to do it under Windows;
they might let you do the pipe, or GNU tar would have the z option.
Even if ext2fs doesn't support >2Gb files, the libraries and kernel should
IMHO let you work with them on file systems that do, eg fat32.
Hamish
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