Re: tar/zip/bzip2

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar@fantomas.sk>]

On 20.04.06 11:32, steef wrote:
> what is the maximum-size of a file (if there is a maximum) to put in some 
> archive?
> 
> [i mean tar, tar.gz and the like]

according to "tar" info page, section Formats:

Format  UID            File Size      Path Name      Devn
gnu     1.8e19         Unlimited      Unlimited      63
oldgnu  1.8e19         Unlimited      Unlimited      63
v7      2097151        8GB            99             n/a
ustar   2097151        8GB            256            21
posix   Unlimited      Unlimited      Unlimited      Unlimited

Note tat there is also filesystem size level, however that has NOTHING to do
with maximum size of a file in tar archive...
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