Re: [PATCHES] Fix for large file support (nonsegment mode support)

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 09:38:12AM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Another factor I just thought of is that tar, commonly used as part of a
> backup procedure, can on some systems only handle files up to 8 GB in size.
> There are supposed to be newer formats that can avoid that restriction, but
> it's not clear how widely available these are and what the incantation is to
> get at them.  Of course we don't use tar directly, but if we ever make large
> segments the default, we ought to provide some clear advice for the user on
> how to make their backups.

By my reading, GNU tar handles larger files and no-one else (not even a
POSIX standard tar) can...

Have a nice day,
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