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List:       tar-bug
Subject:    Re: [Bug-tar] tar fails for large files( size > 2 GB )
From:       Eric Blake <ebb9 () byu ! net>
Date:       2007-04-09 12:14:32
Message-ID: 461A2E28.1060400 () byu ! net
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According to Amarnath Sharma on 4/9/2007 1:55 AM:
> I am using tar 1.11.2 
> For files size > 2 GB it fails to tar the file and abort after some
> time.
> 
> When I used 1.13 it works for large file but the command 
> tar -cvf - file-name throws error say
> " -: " invalid option. It looks that writing to standard Input has 
> been removed. 

Consider upgrading.  Both of those versions are quite old, and a number of
bugs have been fixed in the meantime.  The latest version of tar is 1.16.1.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             ebb9@byu.net
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