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RE: LARGE FILE SUPPORT for tar in cygwin
- From: Brian Ford <ford at vss dot fsi dot com>
- To: Vijaykumar Rajendra Rao <vrajendr at mipos2 dot intel dot com>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:10:37 -0500
- Subject: RE: LARGE FILE SUPPORT for tar in cygwin
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0406140958030.15303-100000@vws045.sc.intel.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Vijaykumar Rajendra Rao wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using cygwin version 1.3.6 on my windows 2003 server platform. I
> heavily rely on the tar application provided by cygwin. I know that the
> current version of tar that I am using is not able to read file sizez
> greater than 2GB. Is there any newer version of tar which is available in
> cygwin which supports file sizes greater than 2GB ??? I heavily rely on
> this application to work... Please let me know if there is any other way
> I can compile tar so that it can support file sizes greater than 2GB
This list can not support a Cygwin version *that* out-of-date. The
current Cygwin version is 1.5.10-3. Please use the setup program
available at http://cygwin.com to update your installation. Once you have
done that, I believe your problem will no longer exist.
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Brian Ford
Senior Realtime Software Engineer
VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems
FlightSafety International
the best safety device in any aircraft is a well-trained pilot...
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