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Re: zlib and files >2GO



Patrick Barrett <yebyen@nerdland.org> writes:

> I believe (not sure for a fact, but fairly sure) that zlib has nothing
> to do with this size limitation... it has something to do with kernel
> 2.2.x.  

I'm not completely sure about that.

The currently released version of gzip, which (afaik) zlib is based
on, cannot handle >2GB files, even on a system with large file
support.  It may be that zlib has the same limitation, but I was
unable to find anything out.

-- 
Alan Shutko <ats@acm.org> - In a variety of flavors!
Youth.  It's a wonder that anyone ever outgrows it.



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